Public and Private Sector Views of Electronic Government advertising in light of the Glover report in Northern Ireland

Robert Eadie; Phillip Millar; Gary McMorran

Public and Private Sector Views of Electronic Government advertising in light of the Glover report in Northern Ireland

Robert Eadie, Phillip Millar, Gary McMorran

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The Glover Report (2008) stipulated a need for making procurement more transparent, simpler and more strategic. One of the areas considered was electronic documentation which includes the advertising element. This report followed a review of government advertising in Northern Ireland by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (2005) which suggested a move to electronic advertising. Targets set within the Glover (2008) report identify the end of 2010 as the year all procurement from advertisement, to download and submission of documents was to be electronic with no paper only documents by 2012. This research examines Government Departments’ progress in this regard. The findings are based on responses from 101 private sector organisations identified as seeking government projects through registration with “Constructionline”. Findings indicate that many aspects of the Glover Report(2008) have not been fully implemented. Some Government Departments have moved towards its recommendations without meeting them. Of concern is the suggestion from the private sector that the public sector is not fully complying with their legal responsibilities by not electronically advertising contracts above the EU financial threshold in 7% of cases. The results also call into question the ease with which it is possible to identify opportunities on the current systems. The speed of publication of awarded contracts indicates that Government Departments are not only not conforming to Glover (2008) recommendations, but in some cases breach the requirements of the Public Contract Regulations (HMSO, 2006). The user friendliness of the Government portal is also questioned.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication
Publisher	University of Sao Paulo
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 17 Aug 2012
Event	7th International Confererence on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) - Sao Paulo, Brazil Duration: 17 Aug 2012 → …

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Bibliographical note

Reference text: Bartlett, J., Kotrlik, J., and Higgins, C., 2001. Organisational Research: Determining Appropriate Sample Size in Survey Research in Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, Vol.19, No.1.

Constructionline, 2010. Supplier Zone. (Available on-line at: http://www.constructionline.co.uk/static/suppliers/ [Accessed September 2010]).

DETNI, 2003. NICS Strategic Initiatives Appendix B,(Available on-line at: http://www.detini.gov.uk/nics_strategic_drivers.pdf [Accessed August 2011]).

DHSSPS, 2010. HE Tenders. (Available online at: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/hea/hea_tenders.htm [Accessed August 2011]).

Eadie, R., Perera, S., and Heaney, G., 2010. A Cross Discipline Comparison of Rankings for E- procurement Drivers and Barriers within UK Construction Organisations, Journal of Information Technology in Construction ( ITcon). Vol 15 Pp. 217 - 233. (Available online at: http://www.itcon.org/2010/17 )

Glover, A., 2008. Accelerating the SME economic engine: through transparent, simple and strategic procurement, London:Office of Public Sector Information.

Holmes, J., Holmes, A., Sear, L., Regan, A., Smith, C., and Butler, B., 2009. Opportunities and Barriers to Consortia Bidding for Public Sector Contracts, The Scottish Government,

Wood Holmes Group. (Available on-line at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/16150241/0 [Accessed August 2011)

HMSO, 2006. The Public Contract Regulations 2006. London:The Stationary Office Limited.

HMSO, 1988. Local Government Act 1988. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office Limited.

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister 2005, A Review of Government Advertising, The publications unit, Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate, Northern Ireland.

Rubin, A., and Babbie, E., 2004. Research Methods of Social Work, Thomson Wadsworth, UK,

Stationary Office, 1999. Modernising Government White Paper, (Available on-line at http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm43/4310/4310-00.htm [Accessed August 2011]).

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Government Procurement
eProcurement
Advertising
Glover Report

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