How Mrs. T Made Public Sector Procurement Respectable
News Info:
How Mrs. T Made Public Sector Procurement Respectable. Colin Cram: public service.co.uk, 18th April 2013.

Based on the news online title How Mrs. T Made Public Sector Procurement Respectable which the writer is Colin Cram, managing director of March1 Ltd stated his views on the role played by Mrs. Thatcher who is the Britain’s former prime minister. She is widely known as a major contributor in transforming the public sector procurement as she managed to bring it to the whole new level as by selecting committees and established National Audit Office (NOA). Margaret Thatcher’s government positioned a certain basis for the procurement system where the transformation is from being lower paid and skilled functions in the public sector to the currents well respected and remunerated.
In the beginning the focus of the writer is on the importance of securing value for money and delivering government policies where it plays a very significant role in the public sector procurement. In achieving its aim in improving the performance, the first initiatives taken is by hosting an EU Procurement Directives in 1983 where it succeeded in bringing a greater discipline into procurement. Thus, as the complexity of the procurement and projects increasing, outsourcing became a government policy and the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was introduced in the late 1980swhere all of this leads to a main factor in which it forced people to raise their game.
The author as well included his experience as being part of the system in which he studied and review all the issues in related to the existing procurement system. By experiencing all the changes in the public sector procurement system the author viewed that the reforms that lead by Mrs. Thatcher is the biggest contribution as it brings the biggest impact on procurement where in 1984 she creates National Audit Office with a brief to review value for money and with such reforms in the procurement system of the public sector it managed to enhanced the quality and adeptness to an extent that is well beyond anything ever foreseen.

As being discussed by the writer for this article I could not less agree with the way he views the contribution made by Mrs. Thatcher and how those transformation could lead to such a great impact to the procurement system. I believe that the transformation made are able to lessen the corruption activity in the public sector procurement system itself as now there are National Audit Office who could oversee and monitor the activity operate by the public sector. Meanwhile, in order to appreciate more the contribution made by Mrs. Thatcher it is essential for the public sector itself to change their way in viewing procurement as they need to think that procurement is not a way to underestimates the ability of public sector workers but the main purpose for it is actually to improve their level of effectiveness and efficiencies. Thus, I again agreed that reforms made in public sector procurement are deserved to be respected and recognize.