hi all,

I wanted to let you know that we've tentatively launched our first City Transparency Map for the UK. Its only the first iteration based on the data we have curated on compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act (transparency in supply chains). If you can think of any useful data layers that we should consider for the next iteration please let me know.

https://tiscreport.org/public-sector/uk-transparency-report/

All constructive feedback gratefully received!

Jaya

The 2019 Summit call for presentations is officially OPEN!! The deadline for presenters to submit is November 9th. Here is the link to the CFP: https://www.sustainablepurchasing.org/2019-summit-call-for-presentations/

The 2019 SPLC Summit will take place May 20-22, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. Save the date and budget now!

Please pass this along to anybody who should know about it. The 2019 Summit Planning Committee looks forward to receiving your applications. Reach out if you have any q...

Dear Procurement Forum,

The above news plus other interesting developments are available in the latest issue of the GPP News Alert:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/pdf/news_alert/Issue_83_NewsAlert_September.pdf

You can subscribe to the newsletter from this page: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/alert_en.htm

Best regards

Dear Procurement Forum,

The Global Lead Cities Network on Sustainable Procurement (GLCN) has announced that its new chair will be Executive Mayor of Tshwane, South Africa, Solly Msimanga.

The GLCN is a group of 14 cities from around the globe committed to the implementation of sustainable and innovation procurement.

The announcement was made yesterday evening at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.

More information on this latest appointment can be found here.

Members of the Procurement Forum are reminded not to miss this last chance to register for EcoProcua (3-5 October, Nijmegen). It's programme will be full of many of the issues discussed here in the Forum, including measuring the effect of SPP and increasing the implementation of innovation procurement.

Participants of EcoProcura can expect to:

• Discover how procurement can be used as an effective tool in achieving strategic aims through our interactive Breakout Sessions.
• Engage w...

The LEA project (LEA is an abbreviation of Learntech Accelerator) aims to speed up awareness and transfer of knowledge on the benefits and tools of innovation procurement to European organisations interested in digital learning technology.

The consortium, of which ICLEI is a partner in, are looking for public sector representatives interested in innovation procurement or procurement for education departments.

Procurers and other stakeholders are invited to sign-up as LEA Followers, who will rece...

RITMOCORE's Lead procurer, Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona, has published in the OJEU the Prior information Notice where the object of the contract is described and the Open Market Consultation activities are announced for early October this year.

RITMOCORE is a Public Procurement of Innovative solutions project, funded by the European Union under Horizon2020 (GA number 727796), addressing the evolution in the treatment of patients using or in need of an implantable pacemaker (PM). Mov...

The Green Electronics Council is developing the 2018 State of Sustainable IT Procurement Report, and your insight is key to understanding the sustainable IT purchasing patterns of institutional purchasers.

We want to hear what challenges you are facing in identifying and/or purchasing environmentally preferable IT products, along with which trends are creating the future landscape of sustainable IT procurement in your workplace.

Aggregated data collected from this survey will be used in GEC's...

TOPIC SC1-BHC-10-2019: Innovation Procurement: Next generation sequencing (NGS) for routine diagnosis

A SPANISH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL is looking for PUBLIC PROCURERS (healthcare services, hospitals, etc.) from EU countries to form a consortium and prepare a proposal for the above-mentioned topic. The main objective of the proposal is to further investigate the unmet needs in the field of NGS for routine diagnosis in the haematology domain to launch a PCP tender to find innovative solutio...

Can anybody tell me what you do about supplies contracts and subcontracts for your Direct Labour Organisations? I am looking specifically at housing repairs but would be interested to hear about anything. Do you aggregate spend and let a call off contract? Or a framework (single or multiple suppliers)? Or do you use a DPS? I would be very interested in hearing from anybody.

Thanks,

Mark Everest

Category Manager

London Borough of Camden

Are you planning to launch a Public Procurement of Innovation PCP/PPI tender in 1, 2 or 3 years? Do you want to attract other buyers interested in your future tender, making international buyers consortiums? Join the Programme about “Future projects of Public Procurement of Innovation” Smart City Expo – 14th November 2018

https://smartcity2018.b2match.io/page-1161

Don’t miss your chance to win €10,000 to help initiate your next sustainable and innovative procurement action with the 2018 Transformative Action Award.

Current or concluded actions in the field of procurement can apply for the award by the closing date of 31 July 2018. Applicants will be shortlisted in September and the award ceremony will be held at the European Committee of the Regions, Brussels (Belgium) in November 2018.

For more information and to apply for the Transformative Ac...

Dear all,

We would like to invite you the Live Market Engagement event: Sustainable procurement of ICT, taking place in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) on 3 October 2018, 9:00 - 13:00 CET.

The event will bring together suppliers of ICT with public authorities from all over Europe to discuss procurement needs and solutions relating to social responsibility of supply chains and represents a perfect occasion for public authorities and procurers to express to the ICT market and suppliers procur...

Your feedback on Innovative Procurement is needed!

The City of Haarlem is coordinator on the EU Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement. The Partnership now presents its draft Action Plan with 7 proposed actions to improve procurement by European cities. These are the 7 actions:

- Guidance on building city strategic procurement and how to manage strategic procurement (Action 2.1.1)

- Measuring spend and wider impact in European Cities (Action 2.1.2)

-...

Dear Procurement Forum members,

The European Secretariat of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is seeking to fill the position of Assistant in its Sustainable Economy and Procurement team. The role will involve working on European projects related to sustainable procurement, financing sustainable urban development and developing sustainable local economies and the working language will be English.

Please find the attached job advert with further details on the position, or visit http:...