Byatt Report - London Borough of Hillingdon

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Next Steps • the capacity issues faced by small councils, including an evaluation of initiatives already taken to support better procurement by small councils and the proposal to create regional centres of excellence in procurement; • sources of market intelligence and how to ensure that it is shared to the benefit of both authorities and suppliers; • the development of standard contract documentation; • the development of appropriate training programmes, building as appropriate on the competency frameworks whose development is being led by the Employers Organisation. Development and implementation of the national strategy will require inputs from all members of the forum, and collaboration in a number of key areas. This will be based on the ongoing work of the Office of Government Commerce and Partnerships UK. Organisations with a specific local government orientation will have the following key roles and responsibilities: SPT IDeA EO 4Ps LGTF AC Procurement advisory services ✔ ✔ ✔ Corporate procurement health checks ✔ Project health checks ✔ ✔ Project mentoring ✔ ✔ Project networks and demonstration projects ✔ ✔ ✔ Best practice guidance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Gateway review process ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Contract standardisation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Procurement performance indicators ✔ ✔ Common KPI set for contracts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Electronic commerce ✔ Competency frameworks ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Sustainable procurement ✔ ✔ Common pre-qualification standards ✔ ✔ ✔ Recruitment and retention strategy ✔ ✔ Workforce issues ✔ ✔ The IDeA’s focus will be on advice, best practice guidance and contract standardisation for general procurement purposes. The Agency will operate a procurement helpdesk as a single point of contact for procurement enquiries and will provide practical support to authorities on the organisation and management of procurement and contract management functions. The emphasis of the SPT and 4Ps will be on the management of major projects, including strategic partnering and PPP. This will encompass advice, guidance, contract standardisation and practical support. 35
Towards a National Strategy for Local Government Procurement The LGTF is implementing the Rethinking Construction agenda in local government and further steps will be taken to integrate its work with that of the IDeA, SPT and 4Ps. The EO will lead on the people strategy and standardisation of pre-qualification procedures in the HR area. The EO will work with the IDeA to develop a set of procurement competency frameworks. The Audit Commission will continue to focus on risk management and the rigour of the procurement process. We will explore the potential contribution of other members of the Forum as work on the national strategy for Local Government procurement continues. 36
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