Leverage the public sector pound to demand sustainable and environmentally friendly

goods and services

Team working

More savings possible “The public sector spends £220 billion a year on goods and services. Given the potential to make significant savings, it is vital that there is much better coordination of procurement activities to ensure value for money is secured across the public sector.”

Amyas MorseHead of the NAO (21 May 2010)

“With all public service costs under pressure, better procurement provides an opportunity to make significant savings that don’t cut into front line services. Most councils already collaborate but, even where there is collaboration, it is not delivering all the possible benefits”

Eugene SullivanChief Executive (21 May 2010)

Efficiency Review by Sir Philip Green

Key Findings and Recommendations

“The Government is failing to leverage both its credit rating and its scale”

Oct 2010

Cashable savings

74 Health Trusts

Highest £2.00

Lowest £0.27

Mid £1.01

27 Health Trusts

Highest £160.00

Lowest £65.00

Mid £98.00

However…..1999 - 'Review of civil procurement

in central government.‘

2004 - 'Releasing Resources for the Frontline'

2007 - 'Transforming Government Procurement'

48 Professional Buying Organisations

(PBO)Health;

South East Coast Collaborative Procurement Hub; East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub; East Midlands Resource Procurement Hub; West Midlands Healthcare Purchasing Consortium; North West Collaborative Procurement Hub; Yorkshire and the Humber Collaborative Procurement Hub; PRO-CURE Collaborative Procurement Hub; PRO-NE (Procurement North East); London Procurement Programme; Bristol and Weston Purchasing Consortium; Dorset and Somerset Procurement Confederation; Gloucestershire Shared Procurement Service; Peninsula Purchasing and Supply Alliance; Solent Supplies Team

Others ….Education; Becta; Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC); Higher Education Funding

Council for England (HEFCE); The Energy Consortium (TEC); Universities UK Strategic Procurement Group for HE; London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC); North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC Ltd); North West Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC); Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) Eduserve

Local Government; Central Buying Consortium (CBC); Hampshire County Supplies; Kent Buying Consortium (KBC); Kent County Supplies; Laser Local Authority Purchasing Partnership (LAPP); South West Local Authority IT Procurement Consortium; Black Country Purchasing Consortium (BCPC); Derbyshire District Purchasing Consortium (DDPC); Devon Procurement Partnership (DPP); Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO); North Eastern Purchasing Organisation (NEPO); Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO); London Contracts & Supply Group (LCSG); West Mercia Supplies (WMS)

Central Government; Buying Solutions; Central Office of Information (COI); Fire and Rescue (FireBuy); Police National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA);

Construction; Birmingham Construction Partnership

Devolved Administrations; Central Procurement Directorate (N Ireland); Procurement Scotland; Value Wales

Mortuary Services

Pay & Display Machines/ Parking Management Information Systems

Mail Services

Document Solutions

Catering Services Frameworks

Print & Design Services

Estate Services

Framework contracts

Market forces ..

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Commodity Procurement Recommendations

Government must leverage its name, its credit rating and its buying power

Mandating centralised procurement for common categories to leverage this buying power and achieve best practice.

Producing accurate spend and consumption data.

Pricing common items at the same level for all central Government departments (and making contracts available to wider public sector).

Managing down demand and specifications.

When purchasing on behalf of Government, Civil Servants must focus on cash, applying the same principles as if the money were their own.

There is no reason why the thinking in the public sector needs to be different from the private sector.

Grappling with implementing a sustainability project or strategy? These four steps are what Sir Alex Ferguson might suggest, based on his experience of the ruthless competition that is the beautiful game.

1. Identify your key players2. Agree on tactics3. Keep the management on-side4.  Deliver, adapt and measure

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Good advice