UPCOMING POLICY DISCUSSIONS
WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2021
HOW WILL THE NIB WORK?
At the Budget on Wednesday 3 March 2021, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced plans for the UK's National Infrastructure Bank. The Infrastructure Forum are delighted that Matthew Vickerstaff, Deputy CEO of the Infrastructure & Projects Authority and John Staples, Head of Infrastructure Strategy at HM Treasury, will join us for a special videoconference at which we will explore the design of the new bank and the way it will operate.
TUESDAY 6 APRIL 2020
RT HON KWASI KWARTENG MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
TIF are very pleased to say that Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP has agreed to lead a special video conference on Tuesday 6 April 2021 from 11:00 am until noon. Kwasi will set out his perspectives on the key priorities for BEIS in the coming months. TIF We will launch, on the same day, a report on upgrading key infrastructure networks.
16, 17, 18 JUNE 2021
HARTWELL HOUSE 2021
Hartwell House 2021 will be held virtually across 16, 17 & 18 June 2021
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LATEST PUBLICATION
TIF RESPONSE TO THE PROCUREMENT GREEN PAPER
PROCUREMENT WORKING GROUP
TIF's Procurement Working Group submitted it's response to government's Procurement Green Paper in March 2021. There are a number of changes proposed within the Green Paper that are welcome in terms of increasing transparency, and the creation of some common principles, which will undoubtedly help to simplify public procurement.
The group's main concern however, is that the Green Paper does not effectively cover major infrastructure projects. It instead brackets these together with, and focuses on, transactional procurements of varying sizes. As major infrastructure projects feature large expenditure of public money and attract public scrutiny, the failure to have them in clear focus throughout the green paper is a missed opportunity which should be corrected in further work.
