Author: <span>lexine</span>
Public Interest Test Exemptions, Reporting and Governance: What Procurement Teams Need to Record
A practical guide to screening exemptions, maintaining a decision register and meeting the quarterly reporting requirements in PPN 024.
Read article →Delivery Model Assessment: An Eight-Step Process for Insourcing, Outsourcing and Hybrid Options
A process-led guide to the eight-step Delivery Model Assessment used to compare in-house, market and mixed delivery options.
Read article →Framework Levies and Value-Added Services: How Buyers Should Assess the Real Cost
How to look beyond a headline levy and assess the support, buyer resource and commercial outcomes associated with a framework provider.
Read article →Open Frameworks and Market Health: When Periodic Supplier Entry Can Add Value
How providers can use open framework design, reopening and performance data to maintain competition in markets that change over time.
Read article →Framework Due Diligence Checklist for Public Sector Buyers in 2026
A buyer-side due diligence sequence for selecting a framework in the Procurement Act 2023 environment.
Read article →Social, Economic and Environmental Value in Procurement: A Practical NPPS Approach
How to convert broad public value ambitions into contract-relevant and measurable outcomes without losing sight of value for money.
Read article →SMEs, VCSEs and Innovation in Public Procurement: Practical Actions Under the NPPS
How buyers can reduce avoidable participation barriers while maintaining fair competition and creating space for innovative solutions.
Read article →National Procurement Policy Statement 2025: Turning Strategic Priorities into Procurement Decisions
How to translate the NPPS into practical procurement objectives, market activity, contract requirements and management information.
Read article →How to Align Cost and Non-Cost Criteria in a Public Sector Delivery Model Assessment
How to combine whole-life cost with strategic and operational evidence without turning the DMA into either a pure spreadsheet exercise or an unstructured judgement.
Read article →Insourcing vs Outsourcing: What Public Sector Delivery Model Assessments Should Actually Compare
An evidence-based comparison of the factors a DMA should examine when considering internal delivery, market delivery and mixed models.
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