In this week’s Canadian procurement news, Veterans Affairs Canada is slammed over veteran rehabilitation contracts, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada pays for empty hotel rooms, and Niagara Region and Calgary move forward with social procurement initiatives.
In international news, the UK focuses on supply chain security issues, while a government MP calls out military spending waste and the opposition calls for union preferences in bid awards, Victoria deals with allegations of inside advantage in a ticket tender, Nigeria sees spending abuses in its school sector, the Philippines and Pakistan aim to speed up their tendering processes, Guam invokes emergency spending, and the US deals with massive F-35 maintenance costs, while banning Haiti’s former PM over spending abuses.
Canadian Newsreel
Union Slams Canada’s Vet Rehab Contracts
Immigration Canada Pays for Empty Hotel Rooms
Niagara Region Approves Social Procurement Working Group
Calgary Adopts Social Procurement Vetting Process
International Newsreel
UK MP Warns of Waste in Military Spending
UK Opposition Calls for Union Preferences
Victoria Faces Allegations of Inside Advantage in Ticket Tender
Spending Abuses Undermine Nigerian Education Sector
Philippines Aims to Accelerate Bidding Process
Pakistan State Oil Looks to Streamline Bid Process
Guam Announces Post-Typhoon Emergency Spending
