For example, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kirklees councils are members of both Leeds' e-tendering system and the Roses Marketplace e-procurement venture.
"It's a radical and unique venture," says Ian Conner, procurement leader at Southwest One, which, as well as sharing traditional back-office functions, runs a "transformational procurement" programme to encourage effective working.
The venture will include procurement and product development.
About 8% of China's auto sales are to governments, and 90% of that government procurement goes to Sino-foreign joint ventures, according to China Daily.
A Fluor Corp and Technip joint venture has secured an engineering, procurement and construction management contract from PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn Bhd for the PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project located in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.
Our message is clear: women require access to capital to start their ventures, and they must have procurement opportunities to ensure their continued success.
A Fluor and AMEC joint venture company is to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for Terrane Metals Corp's Mt Milligan copper-gold project in Canada.
A Chiyoda/Technip joint venture will carry out the engineering, procurement and construction of Trains 6 and 7 at the Qatargas plant in Ras Laffan City, Qatar.
BUZZ: One of the best-funded of all the print procurement sites, Noosh boasts more than $80 million in venture funding to date.
Saudi Aramco has awarded a Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd and Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co Ltd joint venture a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Khurais gas facility, part of the Khurais central processing facility in Saudi Arabia.
On Thursday Paterson announced a procurement exercise to find a partner for the joint venture that will "free it [Fera] from public sector constraints".
