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Sep 2, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
It looks like @Burberry have won a #contract to supply gowns to NHS. Image
I live in hope of something like this: Image
It is also worth mentioning that this data is hard to use. What is "Burberry"? We can only assume that it means one of the 13 companies in the Burberry Group Plc, but which one? (image from @OpenOwnership). Image
If you really want to get to the bottom of who benefits from public contracts, we need to get on top of which organisation won the contract. #beneficialownership #opencontracting. This is why @opencontracting and @OpenOwnership really matter.

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Oct 5, 2020
I'm going to do my level best to explain why Excel is being used in Test and Trace, and why the Govt probably did the right thing.
Firstly, there are multiple orgs responsible for publishing T&T data. From existing hospitals, to Serco's test sites, through to the new Nightingale Hospitals. Also remember Serco is outsourcing some of their operations, so there are more orgs doing this than you think.
Each of those organisations will be running their own system for recording different types of data, e.g. trusts need to record admissions, tests results and deaths. T&T sites need to record tests administered and results. Everyone needs to record demographic data too.
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Jan 19, 2018
Thread/ So I promised to go through what I thought the Government could do to prevent this in the future. This gets a bit wonkish, but bear with me.
1/ I’m writing as someone who has been working with procurement and public spending data for 15 years. I’ll start by showing you why we’re failing to prevent events like #Carillion, I'll finish with some ideas for improvements.
2/ The biggest problem that we face is that more and more money is going to fewer and fewer suppliers. In Local Government, 20 companies earn more than the 75,000 small businesses that supply the sector.
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Jan 17, 2018
Thread: How bad is #Carillion and why is it so hard to unpick? Having spent the best part of 15 yrs looking at public procurement data, this is my take on the situation.
1/ At @open_opps we've identified that 208 public bodies had some form of contract with #Carillion in the last 5 years. The total spend with #Carillion in the published spend reports was nearly £1bn in 2016, but this shrank in 2017.
2/ We don't have complete data for 2017, but by our estimates #Carillion's public sector revenues fell by about 25%
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