Local Government Procurement

Thursday 9th December 2010, QEII Conference Centre - Central London, 08:30 - 16:15

Local Government Procurement: Driving Efficiency Through Collaboration

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Overview

Last year, 44,000 public-sector buyers spent over £175 billion in total on external goods and services, £103 billion of which was spent by local authorities. In a time of financial constraint, there is a need to deliver more efficient procurement services at a significantly lower cost. Procurement professionals across local government have been set the target of £ 6.2bn savings this year and from October a further 30% reduction in total spending is likely. The coalition government has stated that local government needs to change the way it does business and fully exploit procurement applications to meet these goals.

The top performing procurement partnerships have already created revised procurement frameworks that include new partners, who will allow them to procure and commission core services at reduced cost. Local procurement frameworks have allowed for the personalised and flexible delivery of local services. Furthermore, the integration of the third sector into the mainstream of service delivery, will also allow for future efficiencies.

Government e-procurement specialist, ProcServe, has stated that the transaction data for procurement needs to be easily accessible, real-time, granular and measurable to ensure that the process is transparent. Local authorities that have focused on these goals have delivered real improvements based on opening up their procurement processes, building in local sustainability concerns and helped put Big Society centred solutions into practice. These and other bold transitions in procurement policy, including supply-chain optimisation and the general strategic changes in local government marketplace, all must be managed successfully.

This timely and informative forum will bring together all the key stakeholders and practitioners and offer them an opportunity to discuss and examine how to deliver more for less and cut the cost of procurement. The day will also offer practitioners the chance to hear and share best practice on how efficiencies can be made through collaborative procurement.

Agenda

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:20	Chair’s Welcome Address John Scowen, Vice-chairman, Society of Procurement Officers in Local Government (SOPO) (CONFIRMED)
09:30	Driving Efficiency Through Collaborative and Sustainable Procurement Setting the goals that procurement must respond to – What are the key transformation efficiency targets for procurement professionals? Exploring the potential of collaborative commissioning to delivery greater efficiency – Who should you now view as your core partners in the process? Developing a shared regional vision for your procurement processes Sharing the procurement cost of large infrastructure projects – Is this the right time to invest? Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, HM Government (invited)
09:50	Sponsorship Session Speaker tbc
10:10	Questions and Answers Session
10:20	Understanding the Current Trends in the Local Government Market Lee Digings, National Advisor, Procurement, Strategy, Information and Development, IDeA (CONFIRMED)
10:50	Forging New Procurement Partnerships Centred on Local Needs When is collaborative procurement cost effective? A practical guide to finding new partnerships Achieving a consensus in your area regarding the priorities within the procurement initiative Managing the distinct pressures and challenges within collaborative procurement – What processes should you have in place to ensure the smooth and effective running of your deliver partnerships? Balancing outcomes with efficiencies – What are internal and external performance stakeholders looking for? Edward Lord, Chair, Local Partnerships (CONFIRMED)
11:10	Questions and Answers Session
11:20	Coffee and Networking
11:50	Generating Sustainable Cashable Savings Whilst Retaining Quality Services Through Better Procurement Across Your Partnerships Using an integrated comprehensive spending analysis across your local area and region to identify potential cashable savings within your procurement spend Creating fully integrated working partnerships to share information and trace savings Showing the results for your procurement spending to win support amongst internal and external stakeholders Representative, Improvement Service (invited)
11:50	Understanding the Latest Best Practice for Robust Procurement Relationships with the Third Sector Understanding the distinct features and challenges of working with the third sector Identifying the different types of third sector providers and the distinct contractual and operational challenges associated with each body What aspects of service delivery are best suited for third sector providers? Facilitating the capacity development of your third sector partners Dr Peter Kyle, Deputy Chief Executive, Acevo (CONFIRMED)
12:30	Questions and Answers Session
12:50	Lunch and Networking
13:50	Developing a New Efficient Procurement and Commissioning Framework for Local Government Predictions regarding how the local government service market will change over the next five years What are the essential skills managers need to identify in order to further procurement efficiencies? Embedding cost value analysis and value for money calculations into the core of your organisation’s work Sir Peter Gershon, Non-Executive Director, HM Treasury (invited)
14:05	Providing Personalised Care Though Redesigned Procurement Processes Achieving personalised care through comprehensively rethinking service delivery - Placing the service user at the centre of the process Rethinking the role of the local authority in the commissioning and procurement relationship Eliminating waste and overlap through personalised care processes How can procurement professionals from across care partnerships collaborate more efficiently to deliver the next generation of care? Representative, Birmingham City Council (invited)
14:25	Questions and Answers Session
14:50	Coffee and Networking
15:20	Opening up Procurement and Commissioning Making ICT and other contracts transparent and open to public scrutiny Driving efficiency and transparency through the performance management of your delivery contracts Opening up the relationship between partner organisations - Making best use of regional level collaborative procurement Defining what can be achieved through the regional integration of your care processes Chris Allison, Procurement Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council (invited)
15:40	Splitting Large ICT Contracts to Allow Smaller Businesses to Participate Identifying the efficiencies that can be generated though engaging with broader range of partners Project-managing the delivery of the ICT contract across multi-partners Ensuring there are clear lines of accountability if something goes wrong Deploying new methods of category management and identification Speaker tbc (invited)
16:00	Questions and Answers Session
16:15	Chairs Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates attending this conference will be from central government, education, social care and business sectors specifically, directors of property, heads of facilities, commissioning directors, heads of procurement, heads of estate, research and development managers, heads of innovation and development, head of IT &, heads of business development, social care directors, communication & marketing directors, technical directors and project directors.

Local Government Procurement

Thursday 9th December 2010, QEII Conference Centre - Central London, 08:30 - 16:15

Local Government Procurement: Driving Efficiency Through Collaboration

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