"This decision is based on the need to ensure that any contract we let completely meets our requirements, provides best value for the taxpayer and complies with procurement law.
Procurement reforms encourage the military to seek best value, not lowest cost.
"Edinburgh Airport, in common with many other large private and public organisations, employs rigorous procurement standards and procedures to ensure the best value for the company and the best service to its customers and passengers.
The university's preferred procurement method is e-SHOP, which provides the best value by offering one-stop access to the university's preferred and contract suppliers and their products, comparative-shopping tools, and streamlined, electronic payment approval processing.
"The national forensic framework agreement procurement process allows all police authorities to secure the best value for money in local forensics provision.
That said that "Procurement decisions will be made on the basis on the best value for money solution to the business requirement, taking account of total lifetime cost of ownership of the solution, including exit and transition costs, after ensuring that solutions fulfil minimum and essential capability, security, scalability, transferability, support and manageability requirements".
The Cabinet Office said it had already halved the length of the average procurement process from 208 working days to 102, slimmed down procurement guidance, stripped out "unnecessary procedures" and used "bulk-buying" powers to get the best value from suppliers - something it said had saved £3.8bn in 2012/13.
The aim of the plan, led by Sir Peter Bonfield, is to ensure that public sector procurement of food and catering services maximises the health of people, boosts support for a competitive UK food and farming sector, and delivers the best value per pound spent.
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