Scottish Public Procurement Conference

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Scottish Public Procurement Conference

• Procurement Reform
• The Chief Executives Imperative

Gavin Whitefield Chief Executive North
Lanarkshire Council and Vice-Chair SOLACE
(Scotland)
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Presentation Format

• Strategic Importance of Procurement Reform
• Driving Procurement Reform
• SOLACE Perspective
• Impact of Procurement Reform to Date
• NLC Perspective
• Procurement Reform Current Challenges and
  Opportunities

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Strategic Importance of Procurement Reform

• Budget Pressures
• Efficient Government
• Shared Services
• Community Planning
• Best Value
• Public Sector Reform
• Supports the delivery of all strategic priorities

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Driving Procurement Reform SOLACE Perspective

• Leadership
• Corporate Working
• Partnership Working
• Programme Consultation, Delivery and Governance
• Public Procurement Reform Board
• Scotland Excel

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Impact of Procurement Reform to date NLC
Perspective

• New Structure More Resources Higher Profile
• eProcurement Introduced
• Spend Analysis Progressed
• Supporting Scotland Excel NPCOE
• Procurement Training
• Efficiency Savings Delivered

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NLC Procurement Efficiency Savings

• 000
• 2006/2007 450
• 2007/2008 750
• Total Target Procurement
• Savings by 2011/12 8500

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Procurement Reform Current Challenges

• Changing Public Sector Landscape
• eg. Leisure Trusts, PPPs, Housing Stock
  Transfer, Scottish Enterprise Changes etc
• Stepping up the pace of reform
• Delivering Efficiency Targets Demonstrating
  Success
• Links with Sustainability, Equalities and Local
  Economic
• Development

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Procurement Reform Current Opportunities

• Less ringfenced resources more flexible funding
• Greater certainty of funding 3 year financial
  planning
• Early opportunity to demonstrate commitment to
  deliver on Shared Services and Public Sector
  Reform
• More Efficiency Savings Better Services

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Scottish Public Procurement Conference

• Procurement Reform
• The Chief Executives Imperative

Gavin Whitefield Chief Executive North
Lanarkshire Council and Vice-Chair SOLACE
(Scotland)