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Blog posted by: Georgina Grant, 24 July 2018 – Categories: Global Digital Marketplace.

Earlier this year we hosted an industry engagement event for the Global Digital Marketplace. The event showcased our plan to work with UK suppliers to transform government procurement in emerging economies and create new opportunities in overseas markets.

Since then, we have visited 6 countries to assess the feasibility of working with them, and we discussed our ambitions with digital, data and technology professionals across the UK government at Sprint 18.

We’re now ready to open our first opportunity for suppliers, so we want to share what we’ve done so far and tell you how you can take part.

Early market engagement

At our first Open Procurement for a Digital Government event last September, we introduced the Global Digital Marketplace project and the work we’re doing to develop an international procurement reform playbook - a working practice document - with other collaborating governments, supported by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

At our follow-up event in April, we hosted a full house of 50 guests representing a diverse range of organisations from large suppliers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to management consultancies, academic institutions and international bodies.

We also heard from leaders in the fields of digital transformation, digital government, international collaboration and international trade.

Digital Marketplace Director Warren Smith speaks to delegates about his ambitions for the programme at a market engagement event in April

Our guests echoed the value of sharing between governments to learn from each other’s experiences and stimulate emerging technology markets. They also highlighted the importance of capability building for procurement professionals to ensure the success of any procurement reform project.

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