Selling Construction to Warwickshire County Council

1
Selling Construction to Warwickshire County
Council

• Welcome
• Leigh Hunt, WCC Economic Development
• Overview of Local Authority Procurement
• Paul White, WCC Procurement
• Property
• Clive Field, Property
• Engineering
• Chris Nason
• Rugby Borough Council
• Karen Stone
• Where do you go from here?
• Leigh Hunt, WCC Economic Development

2
PROCUREMENT IN WCC WIDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Paul White
• County Procurement Manager

3
Agenda

• National Context (Drivers behind LA procurement
  in construction)
• Local Context
• Property Related Construction
• Civil Works
• Signposting
• Mop Up

4
The National Context

• Total Local Authority expenditure 40bn p.a.
• Approx 400 Councils.
• National Procurement Strategy (NPS) for Local
  Government
• Gershon Efficiency Review
• CPA (VFM judgement)

5
NPS Key Themes

• High quality services
• Cost not price (but efficiencies are assumed)
  with continuous improvement Best Value
• Delivering social, economic environmental
  benefits
• E Commerce
• Collaborative procurement partnerships

6
NPS Key Themes

• Mixed economy of provision (conflicts)
• Making it easier to trade with Local Authority
• Public Procurement Regulations
• Regional Centres of Excellence

7
Local Context The Stats

• Warwickshire spends approx 250m externally.
• Warwickshire has approx 13,500 trade suppliers
• Spend with SMEs 57 (avg 58)
• Spend with start up (post 2000) companies 12
  (avg 14)
• Local spend (West Midlands) 60 (avg 61)

8
Local Context Responding to the NPS

• Price Quality (MEAT) evaluation is the norm.
• Project management options appraisal
  (Procurement Planning)
• We are looking for innovative solutions to our
  tender opportunities
• Maintain a comprehensive Selling to the Council
  website

• Tender opportunities and contract awards visible
• Streamlining our processes and documents
• Community benefits achieved through contracts
• More sustainable solutions sought
• Longer term partnership style contracts

9
Local Context Responding to the NPS

• More collaborative working with other LAs and
  wider public sector
• E Commerce solutions introduced -
• E mail orders
• Electronic invoices
• Procurement cards
• Electronic Remittance
• E Tendering
• Electronic Payment

• Setting targets for improvement within contracts
• Management of contracts will be structured and
  rigorous
• Measuring our procurement performance
• Training our procurers

10
PROPERTY

• CLIVE FIELD

11
PROPERTY EXPENDITURE ON CONTRACTS

• Orders placed in 05/06 approx 41,500,000
• Orders placed in 06/07 approx 24,900,000
• Forecast Orders in 07/08 approx 44,000,000

12
TYPES OF CONTRACT IN USE

• Four main types of contract
• Service Contracts
• Maintenance and Minor Works Contracts
• Competitively Tendered Contracts
• Framework Contracts

13
RENEWAL TIMESCALES

• Service Contracts

14
Maintenance and Minor Work Contracts
15
Competitively Tendered Contracts
16
Framework Contracts
17
FORTH COMING CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES

• New Contracts
• Renewal Contracts
• Servicing Contracts
• Competitively Tendered Contracts

18
TENDER PROCESS

• MEAT Most Economically Advantageous Tender
• Lowest Compliant Bid

19
CONSTRUCTIONLINE
20
RICS E TENDERING GUIDE
21
Environment and EconomyCivil Engineering
ProcurementChris NasonNovember 2006
22
Types of Work Undertaken
23
Works Procurement MethodsHighways
MaintenanceImprovement SchemesSmall LTP
worksBridge Maintenance
24
Select Listcategoriesrenewal
25
DesignIn houseConsultants
26
Service RequiredH SPartnering
ApproachSustainabilityQuality
27
(No Transcript)
28
 
Capital Allocations
       
29
Future Work ProgrammeRugby Western Relief
RoadSPARKWaste Facilities
30
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
31
(No Transcript)
32
(No Transcript)
33
(No Transcript)
34
(No Transcript)
35
(No Transcript)
36
(No Transcript)
37
Rugby Borough Council

• Karen Stone
• Director of Housing and Environment

38
Construction Procurement Rugby Borough Council

• Council Housing Capital and Revenue
• Corporate properties

39
Construction procurement Rugby Borough Council

• Independent study value for money
• Framework agreements for capital works
• Schedule of rates contracts for repairs
• Redevelopment schemes

40
Web Site

• www.rugby.gov.uk
• Business Opportunities
• Tender Opportunities
• Contracts let
• Future tender Opportunities

41
Future

• Contractor portals
• On line expressions of interest
• Online PTQs

42
Leigh Hunt

• Economic Development
• Business Support

43
Business Benefits

• Shorter lead times
• Quicker payments
• More business
• Ability to deal with a wider range of non-public
  sector organisations
• Website will give 24/7 availability and
  sales/marketing capability

44
Consider

• Who will check email?
• How often will you check?
• Should you consider broadband?
• What about your supplier lead times?
• What impact might this have on your business
  processes?

45
You are not alone !

• Assistance is available from
• WCC Economic Development
• FORCE
• WMCCE
• Business Link
• Other providers

46
WCC Economic Developmentwww.warwickshire.gov.uk/b
usiness

• Working in partnership with other organisations
  to provide
• ICT-Specific Training
• Investor Development
• Employment Support
• Support for Rural Businesses
• Business Resource Centres
• Work life balance
• Tourism
• Small Business Loan scheme
• Managed Workspace
• Environmental Support for Business
• Quality Systems Support

47
ICT Development Programme

• Series of FREE seminars to help you develop your
  business through the use of ICT, including
• Use technology to market your business
• Generating website traffic
• Understand legal issues around websites, email
  and e-commerce
• Get more from your CRM
• Keeping your computer healthy

48
FORCERomee Latif 01902 837552

• Formed 2000
• Partnership between construction industry and
  Learning and Skills Council
• Sharing Best Practice and industry related issues
• Focal point for expertise
• Monthly meetings

49
FORCE AWARDS

• Landmarks
• Training
• Supply Chain
• Engineering Excellence
• Regeneration
• Design
• Environmental Performance

50
WMCCEwww.wmcce.org

• West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence
• Specialist business improvement assistance
• Benchmarking and Business diagnostics
• New product/material development
• Process improvement
• Procurement
• Supply chain initiatives

51
Business Linkwww.businesslink.gov.uk

• 11 Advice and Support
• Support for businesses for both strategic and
  tactical development and growth
• Management and Workforce Development Training

52
Any questions?