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that the legislation will continue to facilitate a modern procurement structure for many years to come and will allow the UK to keep pace with technological advances , new trade agreements and ahead of those who may try to use procurement improperly .
Williams says : “ The Procurement Bill will replace the current EU regimen for public procurement . It promises simplicity , flexibility and transparency . As part of the new bill , the government plans to create a simpler and more flexible commercial system in the hopes of better meeting the needs of the country while remaining compliant with international obligations . So this is a fundamental change .”
Commercial Functional Strategic Plan “ Now we have left the European Union , it ’ s all about simplification , streamlining , and making us more business-to-business in the way that we work with our vendor base and our supply chain , but with everything underpinned by the fair and transparent backdrop we need for public procurement , to make sure there ' s no hint or trace of corruption or favouritism .”
And there is still so much to be done , and the project is no small feat , but it is one with massive resources and energy being pooled into it . Williams highlights that there is a lot of training to do in this regard . He says : “ There ' s 15,000 or so procurement professionals in Government that we need to train around the new regulations . We also need to invest in updating our databases , to give much more transparency for citizens to see how contracts are delivering . We also need to be able to track our contract pipelines , so we can see how different vendors are performing . This is all part of our Commercial Functional Strategic Plan .”
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