But evidence presented to the committee by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies showed how targeting procurement spend into dilapidated areas can regenerate them.
The first, he said, was whether the I.R.A.'s vague assertion that its "strategies and disciplines will not be inconsistent with the Good Friday Agreement" meant an end to "targeting, procurement of weapons, so-called punishment beatings and so forth".
As procurement professionals such as Colin Cram have already identified, a well targeted public procurement policy has the potential to be a huge lever for growth, particularly in the small business sector.
In that, Codeando Mexico tackled a central civic-tech target: procurement, widely considered one of the public spheres ripest for reform.
Mr Blair had said then what was required was "that the ceasefires are indeed complete and unequivocal: an end to bombings, killings and beatings, claimed or unclaimed; an end to targeting and procurement of weapons; progressive abandonment and dismantling of paramilitary structures actively directing and promoting violence".
This was a cluster-randomized controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a sequential stage-matched intervention to bring about dietary behaviour change by targeting the procurement and consumption of five dietary components: fruits, vegetables, salt, sugar, and oil.
In February, two months before the correction, Benjamin and Highland led a $30 million investment in Epylon, an online procurement system targeted at educational and government institutions.
While the United States plays by the rules of the free market, foreign governments support targeted industries with subsidies, selective procurement, and trade protection.
The VfM programme targeted efficiency savings in drug procurement, transport, contracting out, advertising and maintenance, without impacting on essential services.
The target for procurement from renewable energy agreed late last year shows the way.
Karel Thomas, executive director of BUFDG, said: "The Higher Education sector is facing multiple challenges to manage costs, and alongside the targets for procurement set out in the Diamond Report (2011 report of efficiency in universities), the £1bn University Challenge is an initiative that is ambitious and very worthwhile.
