|
Category
|
Action
/ milestone
|
Date
|
|
Providing
leadership and building capacity
|
- Corporate
procurement strategy developed, owned by chief executives, members
and senior officers
- Strategy's
implementation regularly measured
|
2004
|
- Centres
of Excellence involved
|
2005
|
- Health checks
against National Strategy
|
2006
|
|
Partnering
and collaboration
|
- Approach
to partnering in construction and service delivery set out
- Approach
to collaboration and new trading powers set out
- Appraisal
of service delivery models included in Best Value reviews
|
2004
|
- Average
time from OJEU notice to contract award reduced by 10%
- Smaller
districts collaborating with others for shared services
- All councils
co-operating regionally via networks of centres of excellence
|
2005
|
- Average
time from OJEU notice to contract award reduced by 25%
|
2006
|
|
Doing
business electronically
|
- Appropriate
e-Procurement solution implemented
- Using government
procurement card /equivalent for low value purchases
- Progress
being measured
|
2005
|
- Accessing
an appropriate e-Marketplace
|
2006
|
|
Stimulating
markets and achieving community benefits
|
- Staff consulted
on employment issues in procurement processes and contracts
- 2003 Act
and 03/2003 Circular built into processes and contracts
- Publish
a Selling to the Council guide (website)
- Ensure corporate
procurement strategy is addressing sustainability and equality
issues,
- helps to
achieve the community plan and involves the voluntary sector
- Conclude
a compact with the local voluntary and community sectors
|
2004
|
- Progress
being measured
- Relationship
of procurement to community plan addressed
- Workforce
diversity, equality and sustainability issues addressed
- Diverse
and competitive supply market encouraged
- Sustainability
built into procurement strategy, processes and contracts
- Concordat
for SMEs and voluntary sector compact concluded
- Information
Memorandum to prospective bidders included in processes
- Invitation
to bidders to demonstrate effective use of supply chain included
- Give bidders
option to specify benefits under community plan
- 2006
|
2005
|
|
Vision
|
- Show evidence
of service improvement and efficiency gains resulting from better
procurement
- Have you
ensured that procurement helps to achieve the council’s strategic
goals?
- Apply for
Beacon Council status?
- Consider
the vision for procurement – are you achieving savings and cost
benefits and procuring jointly with others in innovative ways?
|
2006
|