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Strategic reckoning

Author: April Lara

Procurement has long been seen as a back-office function, but the stakes have never been higher—or more public.

Procurement misfire stalls critical housing scheme

Author: Irish Times

A major Dublin housing programme for the city’s most vulnerable has hit a wall after a key procurement process failed to secure bids.

Funding threats to Harvard raise deeper questions for procurement leaders

Author: BBC

The Trump administration is moving to review and potentially revoke $100m (£74m) in federal contracts with Harvard University—part of a broader political clash that now risks derailing high-stakes research in medicine, science, and technology.

Ireland eyes major offshore wind boost

Author: Splash 247

Ireland is eyeing a significant expansion of its offshore wind ambitions, with new analysis revealing up to 18 GW of additional fixed-bottom capacity could be developed—more than doubling what’s currently planned.

Defence push reshapes procurement priorities

Author: Ireland-Live

The UK Government is investing £1.5 billion to establish at least six new munitions and energetics factories, signalling a major shift toward an “always on” defence supply chain.

What procurement leaders can learn from Ireland's most expensive hospital project

Author: RTE News

The National Children’s Hospital has become a €2.2 billion cautionary tale for public infrastructure—and a wake-up call for procurement leaders.

EU-China procurement tensions threaten fragile trade balance

Author: The Edge Malaysia

The EU’s first use of its International Procurement Instrument is sending ripples through global supply chains.

The real cost of procurement isn’t just financial

Author: April Lara

Price cuts, AI rollouts, global pivots—on the surface, procurement looks like a game of numbers and efficiency.

Slack joins the software price war for government contracts

Author: Tech Radar

US government procurement just got a lot leaner.

AI in government raises new questions over ethics and access

Author: Reuters

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is being deployed by his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team to analyse sensitive US federal data, despite lacking full authorisation.

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