Procurement

News

31 Aug 2011	Get listed in the FM World Buyers' Guide 2012 Bookings for the 2012 FM World Buyers Guide are now being taken. Choose from a free listing, enhanced listing or premium listing.
10 May 2011	Have an interest in procurement? Then don't miss the Guardian Public Procurement Show Procurement professionals are under significant pressure to find new ways of managing costs and delivering cashable savings.
4 May 2011	Inquiry into construction procurement The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment is to hold an inquiry into achieving best value in the procurement of construction work.
6 Jan 2011	First Joint BIFM and CoreNet Global Event “Creating a beautiful relationship – procuring estates and facilities management services”
3 Sep 2008	Carillion signs to MoD procurement charter Carillion has signed up to the Ministry of Defence’s sustainable procurement charter.

Articles

9 Sep 2005

The gateway to success?
The pressure is relentless for FMs within the public sector, at both central government and local authority level, to make savings. This pressure comes directly from Gordon Brown who is looking for £21.5 billion of efficiency savings by 2007-8.

Events

9 Feb 2012	Negotiating to Win (Code 1202FWN)
21 - 23 Feb 2012	Understanding Facilities Management Foundation - Optional ILM Level 3 Award or Certificate in FM qualification (Code 1202UFMF)
6 - 8 Mar 2012	The Professional FM 2 [Intermediate Module II] (Code 1203PRF2)
20 - 22 Mar 2012	Understanding Facilities Management Foundation - Optional ILM Level 3 Award or Certificate in FM qualification (Code 1203UFMF)
21 Mar 2012	Customer Focused FM (Code 1203CUST)

Documents

	Type Date	Title
	Press releases Sep-11	BIFM launches professional development online learning The British Institute of Facilities Management has launched an interactive online learning portal, SkillZone, to help facilities management professionals to develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their workplaces.
	BIFM publications Nov-10	GPG Procurement - V1 mods doc V3 Updates to GPG Procurment
	BIFM publications Nov-10	GPG_Manned_Guarding_V4_V5_mods_doc Updates to Procuring and Running Guarding Contracts July 2010
	BIFM publications Nov-10	Procuring and Running Guarding Contracts July 2010 In a society facing increasing risk from both traditional criminality and terrorism, the procurement and management of a security guarding service is a vital decision for any organisation.
	Presentations and Papers Nov-09	The Life of a Document The life of a document describing how savings can be made in production