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Faster Procurement: Procurement Process Study Report

Overview This paper represents the current state of play in looking at how the procurement process can be developed and improved for the benefit of projects. The annexes include two critical path (CP) diagrams to illustrate the activities required for a procurement using the Negotiated Procedure for an IT-enabled project and for a Construction PFI project. They were compiled with the advice and experience from departmental Centres of Excellence and projects, and several OGC areas: Property and Construction, Consultancy, Procurement, Best Practice and Legal.

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Publisher	Crown	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	November 2004	Downloads	62
Format	White Papers
Topics	Procurement and Sourcing

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