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...
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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...
Considering better project outcomes
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. I’d like you to consider two situations. In the first, Contractor A wins a local government...