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Procurement staff supply not meeting demand, says purchasing watchdog

The lack of experienced procurement staff creating delays in government purchasing is a persistent problem, the ombudsman warns.
Lorenzo Ieraci, the interim procurement ombudsman, sounded the alarm about a lack of procurement capacity leading to ‘cannibalization’ of staff between federal organizations in his annual report.
A dearth of knowledgeable procurement staff has led to federal organizations "cannibalizing" specialists from one another to fill gaps throughout the public service, according to the government’s procurement watchdog. In his recently released annual report, interim procurement ombudsman Lorenzo I...

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