Delivering London 2012: procurement

The fundamental aims of the Olympic Delivery Authority's procurement team were to deliver the required London 2012 contracts in time for construction to be completed by July 2011, and to implement policy objectives. This paper explains how venue-clusters and pan-venue packages were used to centralise the supply of commodities and support policy objectives. It also reports how the NEC3 suite of contracts was selected and amended to reflect delivery obligations and brand restrictions, and how the contracts worked in practice.