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Ian Williams

• Head of Purchasing
• Hertfordshire Business Services
• Hertfordshire County Council

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Background Catalogue

• Hertfordshire Supplies Catalogue contains a wide
  range of products aimed primarily at the
  Education Sector
• The Catalogue is printed on paper produced from
  100 post consumer waste and is sent to 25,000
  customers in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire,
  Hertfordshire, Luton, Suffolk and Cumbria.
  
  On-line version www.hertsdirect.org/supplies
• Warehouse in Welwyn Garden City. Distribution by
  our own vehicles (except Cumbria) using vehicle
  routing system to minimise mileage.
• Founder Member of the Central Buying Consortium
  (CBC). Also work with Pro4 particularly with
  the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)

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Objective Introduce range of environmentally
friendly products

• Challenges
• Buyer awareness
• Stimulating supplier interest
• Validating green credentials
• Consistency of quality
• Reliability of supply
• Increasing globalisation (exercise books)
• Price
• Customer acceptance

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Successes

• Copier paper either from recycled material or
  from sustainable forest
• Black plastic sacks why? Make from virgin
  polymer, recycled material or opt for degradable?
  Opted for recycled on basis that it closed loop
• Non toxic cleaning products ESPO contracts
  awarded as part of LEAP Project
  www.iclei.org/?leap
• School diaries, sugar paper and cartridge paper
  manufactured locally in Hemel Hempstead from
  recycled paper by Paper Trail www.thepapertrail.o
  rg.uk
• All paper disposables (toilet rolls, hand towels
  and tissue) made from 100 UK sourced recycled
  material
• Low energy light bulbs and fluorescent tubes

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Regional /National Significance

• Pro4 Collaboration will result in the
  publication of the 2007/2008 National Sustainable
  Products catalogue covering
• microgeneration, energy saving, recycled
  materials and parks management
• Going forward we will look to continue to work
  with the government, RCEs, Pro4 and our suppliers
  to raise the profile and availability of an ever
  increasing range of sustainable products

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Investing in Communities

• Vision for the Programme to create strong,
  vibrant local communities that secure a more
  equitable share of resources that are responsive
  to economic and social change and ready to grasp
  opportunities and overcome setbacks
• Links to the aims of Hertfordshire Forward -
  the Countys Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)
• Investors in the Community (liC) Interventions
  are around
• Education and Skills Development
• Economic, Enterprise and Business Development
• Community, Capacity and Partnership Development

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Local Area Agreement and IiC

• Close alignment with the Economic and Enterprise
  block of the Local Area Agreement (LAA)
• LAA Target to increase key public services
  delivered by Voluntary Community Sector (VCS)
  and social enterprise organisations by 2009
• Sub Targets
• a 3 increase in VCS and Social Enterprises with
  more than 25 of funding provided by trading
  (direct exchange of goods and services)
• 10 more VCS organisations and social
  enterprises affirming growth in terms of income
  from trading activity
• Established baseline on Value and Volume of VCS
  activity
• 2 Meet the Buyer Events held in the county around
  Doing Business with the Public Sector Target
  Audiences SMEs, Third Sector and Social
  Enterprises.

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Local Area Agreement

• Unplanned Benefits more involvement of the VCS
  in the Economic Regeneration Agenda
• Challenges affluent county not eligible for a
  number of regeneration funding streams but we do
  have significant pockets of deprivation
• What we have learned need for trust, mutual
  support, cross sector working and outcome driven
  partnership working

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Hertfordshire Compact

• Commitment to work for Herts as a
  community, rather than exclusively for individual
  organisations. Compact used as the golden thread
  in partnership working. Two key areas of
  development
• Contracting Commissioning (with HCC)
• Funding (advice capacity building)
• HCC committed to continuously improving its
  performance in VCS policy development.
  Commended
• 2003 for exemplary support for development of
  district Compacts
• 2004 for advancement of Compact through
  promotional programmes
• 2005 for VCS Policy development (Gold award)
• 2006 for a resourced Local Area Agreement
  statement of community engagement

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Hertfordshire Compact

• Contracts Commissioning (with HCC)
• New funding support process for the VCS, common
  application timetable for all funds,
  prospectus, three month window for applications
  etc (2002)
• Beginning of transfer to longer term funding
  contracts with standard contract conditions re
  Public Liability Insurance, Employers Liability
  Insurance 10 million. Either party can give six
  months notice (2002)
• Funding (advice capacity building)
• Establishment of Herts External Resources Network
  (2002), website and Hertfordshire Funding Fair
  then held on 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006
• Review of corporate investment in the VCS and
  initial Strategic Leadership Contract. VCS
  involved in designing new contract (2005)
• Lead role in establishing Hertset - Network to
  promote Social Enterprise Development in the
  county and launch of new Social Enterprise
  Strategy (2005)

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Voluntary Community Sector Compact

• Benefit more collaboration within the VCS and
  increased discussion between officers across HCC
  on VCS related issues
• Challenges initial mistrust resolved through
  talking and openness in actions
• What we have learned need to work outside
  existing structures to develop modern efficient
  public services

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Matters of Regional/National Significance

• Last weeks Comprehensive Spending review
  impact on Regional Development Agencies
• Review of Sub National Economic Development
• LAA2, CSR7
• New Sustainable Community Strategy for the County
• Upcoming Comprehensive Area Assessments
• DCLG local government and public involvement in
  Health Bill
• Office of the Third Sector New strategy

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Contact Details

• Ian Williams Head of Purchasing at Hertfordshire
  Business Services ian.williams_at_hertscc.gov.uk
  Tel [phone]
• Andrew Burt Funding Partnerships Manager (VCS
  Compact) andrew.burt_at_hertscc.gov.uk Tel 01992
  555213
• John Rumble Team Leader - Sustainability
  john.rumble_at_hertscc.gov.uk Tel [phone]
• Mark Housden Supplier Manager mark.housden_at_hertsc
  c.gov.uk Tel[phone]
• John Pryor Head of Economic Strategy at
  Hertfordshire Prosperity Limited (Local Area
  Agreement) johnp_at_hertsprosperity.com Tel
  01707 398089
  

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thank you