PROCUREMENT
Public sector authorities appreciate that their expertise resides in delivering their core business responsibility to society and therefore seek reliability, flexibility for future change and value for money through procurement. Strategic procurement is designed to deliver cost savings and efficiencies and is used by public sector authorities to help deliver value for money. Once public sector authorities have identified their required benefits, the best procurement strategy to deliver these benefits is selected. The level of strategic importance and value of procurement determines the procurement route.
We provide services to support procurement activities to enable cost savings through greater efficiency as a result of our application of proven and innovative best practice procurement techniques. Our approach is one of partnership based on shared objectives, added value and skills transfer.
Where can we help?
We provide procurement professionals with knowledge, experience and competencies in:
- Business case development and option appraisal
- Altenative procurement routes such as partnerships, joint ventures, PFI/PPP
- Sourcing strategy and category management
- Demand management
- Contract negotiation
- Government procurement policy, best practice and value for money
- EC procurement directives and their enforcement
- Contract law and procurement legislation
- Terms and conditions to look after the customer's best interests
- Public sector comparators and analysis
- Specification, sourcing and supplier appraisal techniques
- Management of the competitive tendering and evaluation process
- Contract pricing strategy (including analysis and financing)
- Contract management
- Post contract control and monitoring
- Procurement performance measurement
- Claims and disputes management