Budget 2026 – Cost of stopping and procurement
Funding announcements create direction, but they do not deliver outcomes on their own, writes Clever Buying founder Caroline Boot. Budget announcements are often read through...
Category : Procurement
Success is no accident
Image: Caroline with husband Tim Duffett and son Chester. Caroline Boot, the founder of the NZ Procurement Institute, talks with LG magazine contributor Jane Warwick...
Levelling the playing field …at last
More rigorous standards and expectations are imposed on public sector education providers, in line with those that have been demanded from private sector providers …...
Attracting talent to our water industry
Image: From left: Greg Black, Charlotte Bishop, Amelia Holdaway, and Jordan Kotua-Tekoronga. The shortage of skills in our water services requires a holistic approach with...
Building procurement capability
Caroline Boot from NZ Procurement explains why the updated and streamlined fifth edition of the Procurement Rules is a powerful reminder to this sector of...
Thinking beyond the build
Local government holds the pen on many of our infrastructure planning and regulations and specifies the build materials. By Jeremy Sole, Executive Officer, Sustainable Steel...
What you need to know about procurement
By Caroline Boot, NZ Procurement and Probity Services, and Clever Buying. When the buck stops at you for council spending and the consequences of poor...
The worthy procurement policy most have never heard of
Unless you are close to the area of Local or Central Government Procurement Contracts, it’s most likely you’ve never heard of the Progressive Procurement Policy,...
Lessons in procurement risk
Back in May the Office of the Auditor-General wrote to Queenstown Lakes District Council over concerns raised about its procurement of services from a consultancy...
Is buying locally the answer for council procurement?
By Peter Silcock The ‘buy local’ movement has seen a renaissance over the past year, but the jury is still out on whether councils are...