As appeared in Digital Bytes 27th January 2021The World Economic Forum claims: \u201cWorldwide, governments devote an estimated $9.5 trillion each year to public procurement \u2014 an average of approximately 15% of national GDP. This money goes to public goods and services such as the construction of roads and the delivery of healthcare services, but also tends to line the pockets of corrupt government officials, corporate executives, and others who are involved in the procurement process. The problem is almost universal.\u201dPublic Sector procurement has become a humanitarian issue. The world faces increasingly brutal challenges, and its public institutions are on the front line as we meet them and try to minimise the death and suffering that they bring. We need to arm these institutions with every possible advantage as they step up to fight the literally life-or-death battles against issues such as climate change, poverty, pandemics, and more. Technology can give us many of these advantages, but the current barriers to Public Sector adoption are formidable.The Government has produced a Green Paper which sets out its vision for post-Brexit UK procurement, but does it miss the opportunity to embrace the Tech Sector and break down the barriers that prevent adoption in the places where we need it the most?The love-hate relationship between the Technology Sector and The Public Sector has to be revolutionised if we are to give ourselves the best chance of tackling the unprecedented challenges of the modern era. Tech solutions using Blockchain, AI, Robotics, IoT, biotech, and others are often transformative \u2014 meaning that instead of providing incremental improvements in cost or function, they can cut out entire cost centres often whilst simultaneously improving functionality.Public sector authorities need to adopt these solutions more desperately than ever before as they struggle to meet increasing demands with reducing resources. Perhaps\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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