Why procurement leaders must act now in the AI and energy era Executive Brief North American supply chains are undergoing a structural reset. What’s changing Driven by geopolitical competition, industrial policy, and AI-led energy demand, the United States is no longer relying on markets alone—it is actively designing supply chains. Canada, through resource depth and integration, is emerging as a strategic extension of that … Read More
Delivering MAT Through CFP:
Delivering MAT Through CFP: A Practical Guide for Category Managers The Procurement Act 2023 introduces two transformative changes: Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) replaces MEAT (section 19) Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) (section 20) replaces rigid legacy procedures with tailored, proportionate competition For category managers, this is an opportunity to move beyond lowest-price compliance toward structured processes that deliver genuine value for money, public benefit, and whole-life … Read More
Competitive Flexible Procedure: Mastering the Procurement Act 2023
Competitive Flexible Procedure: Opportunity, Risk and the Route to Strategic Excellence A New Era for UK Public Procurement The Procurement Act 2023 is the most significant reform of public procurement law in a generation. Receiving Royal Assent on 26 October 2023 and coming into force on 24 February 2025, it sweeps away the old EU-derived straitjacket and replaces it with … Read More
Procurement Act 2023: Category Playbook 2.0
How to Embed the Procurement Act 2023 Directly into Your Category Management Process A practical, no-fluff guide for Category Managers, Heads of Procurement, and Transformation Leads Nine months after go-live (24 February 2025), one thing is clear: the Procurement Act 2023 has turned category management from a back-office function into one of the most powerful levers of domestic policy available … Read More
Strategies for Procurement Transformation
Part 1: Strategies for Procurement Transformation: Category Management is a benchmark of procurement best practice and typically at the heart of any procurement transformation. Category Management as an Integrated Business Process Category Management, is one of several elements that need to be integrated and applied business-wide to achieve and sustain success. Category Management links strategic sourcing to the business strategy … Read More
Category Management: 7 Steps to Establish Governance
Category Management: 7 Steps to Establish Governance Category Management: 7 Steps to Establish Governance – Strong effective governance defining the way work gets done is critical to implementing Category Management in any organization. Without it turf wars will ensue and the implementation initiative will likely lose its way. So what is Category Management Governance? At its core any governance structure … Read More