Guidance Policy and Practice
Gaining specialist advice can be a real chore when the main priority is finding cashable savings or improving supplier performance. In this section we hope you will find useful documents that give specific advice on a range of specialist issues. Not all of them have been written by us, but we believe it is important that clients get the best advice regardless of its source.
| Title | Overview & Theme | Date Added |
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| Defence Food Services (PDF174kb) | The MOD is facing the challenge of delivering more efficient and effective services with less. However it is not enough to more with less as central Government has also challenged all Public Sector procurers to "lead by example" when spending tax payers money. | 12/04/2010 |
| Serving Time : Prisoner Diet and Exercise (PDF 1Mb) | Although the Home Office does not have a specific Public Service Agreement target relating to prisoner diet and exercise, the Prison Service aims to ensure that prisoners live in safe and decent conditions. Read about the improvement to prisoners' diet and exercise here. | 12/04/2010 |
| Food Newsletter 03/2010(PDF 358kb) | The Collaborative Food Procurement Report - Spring 2010 Update | 12/04/2010 |
| Food Startegy 2030 (PDF 3Mb) | The new strategy for food has been drawn up following the publication of the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit's reort in July 2008. Food Matters called for better integration of food policy across Government | 12/04/2101 |
| Putting the Frontline First (PDF 102kb) | Putting the Frontline First - In response to tightening local authority budgets, the Secretary of State asked Sir Richard Leese and Sir Steve Bullock to lead a Task Force to quickly develop proposals to identify how councils can be made more efficient without affecting high quality frontline services | 15/02/2010 |
| LGA Members Guide (PDF 197kb) | Top Tips for making savings through better procurement of professional services | 21/09/2009 |
| A Formula for Success(PDF 1.85Mb) | The scale and complexity of Government projects is unparalled.Many face issues which may carry risk to the delivery of their objectives to time and budget.This booklet outlines ways in which these can be addressed. | 21/05/2009 |
| Management of Service Contracts (PDF 1Mb) | In 2007-08 central government spent over £12 billion on service contracts primarily in the areas of ICT, facilities management and business process outsourcing. This report issues guidance on contract management. | 05/05/2009 |
| Smarter Food Procurement in the Public Sector (PDF 349kb) | Public Accounts Commitee reprt and minutes of meeting on food procurement in the public sector | 11/02/2009 |
| Food Matters - Towards a Strategy for the 21st Century (PDF 2.4Mb) | Cabinet Office strategy paper on food and food policy for the 21st century - fuul paper | 10/02/2009 |
| Food Matters -Executive Summary (PDF 274kb) | Executive Summary of Cabinet Office strategy paper on food and food policy for the 21st century | 10/02/2009 |
| A Fresh Look at School Food Procurement (PDF 862kb) | This Fresh Look booklet from the School Food Trust provides practical guidance to assist schools and local authorities to respond to the Government's efficiency and sustainability agendas re school food | 09/02/2009 |
| Smarter Food Procurement in Public Sector (PDF 693kb) | A National Audit Office report outlining how upto £224 million could be saved per annum by 2010 -11 | 09/02/2009 |
| Supply Chain Management in Public Sector Procurement (PDF 383kb) | This OGC guide provides a series of key insights into multi-tiered supply relationships within the Government Procurement Environment. | 04/02/2009 |
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Best practice guidance on developing a modern set of CSO's that address the commercial challenges in Local Government Procurement. |
18/09/2008 |
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| Social Issues in Public Procurement (PDF 1,013Kb) | A useful Guide produced by OGC which sets out how social policy can be applied across the procurement cycle. | 17/09/2008 |
| Guidance on Competitive Dialogue (PDF 276Kb) | Produced by OGC and HMT, the guidance gives a clear steer as to when and how to use competitive dialogue.Fail to readit at your peril! | 17/09/2008 |
| How to be successful in commissioning children's services (PDF 1Mb) |
This studybrings together a selection of children's services case studies from the Regional Centres of Excellence, the Centre Procurement Performance of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Improvement and Development Agency. Children's Services |
26/05/2008 |
| How to be successful in procuring joint waste services (PDF 1Mb) |
This guide brings together a number of recent examples of successful collaborative procurement that point the way towards how councils can deal with this complex set of challenges. Environment Services |
26/05/2008 |
| How to be successful in Consultancy (PDF 2.39Mb) |
Produced by the National Procurement Project (NPP) for the RCE's this guide contains some useful tips on negotiating with consultants that are not included in the highly successful LCE Consultancy Toolkit Consultancy and Professional Services |
14/04/2008 |
| How to be successful in procuring construstion products for social housing (PDF 3.17Mb) |
Following on from the good work of Yorks and Humberside RCE, this guide shows how building products make an excellent area for local councils to practice collaborative working and start to leverage market influence Construction |
14/04/2008 |
| How to be successful in insurance (PDF 964Mb) |
The creation of the new insurance mutual in London (LAML) has prompted lots of interest as to what other techniques can be used to improve the value derived from insurance. This NPP guide has some of the answers Insurance Services |
14/04/2008 |
| Contract Procedure Rules (PDF 790 Kb) |
Produced by the LGTF and CIPFA this paper gives some good pointers and thoughts on ensuring that they are fit for purpose Procurement Policy and Practice |
14/04/2008 |
| Small Supplier... Better Value? (PDF 678kb) |
Published by the OGC. This paper sets out the benefits of dealing with the small and medium enterprises that employ near 60% of private sector employees. Small and Medium Businesses |
01/12/2007 |
| You and Your Contractor (PDF 772kb) |
Published in July 2007 by the LCE – A step by step guide to managing contractors and building the relationship AFTER the contract has been let Contract and Relationship Management |
28/10/2007 |
| Procurement Performance Measurement (PDF 228kb) |
The London Centre of Excellence has been working with recognised experts (including SPS) to develop pan-London strategies for a wide range of topical procurement issues. These papers will be of interest to individuals in the wider public and private sector. Procurement Performance Measurement |
20/10/2006 |
| New Standards for Procurement Classification, ProClass (PDF 276kb) |
As above Procurement Classification |
20/10/2006 |
| Making the Most of Supplier Accreditation (PDF 221kb) |
As above Supplier Accreditation |
04/11/2005 |
| Strategic Supplier Engagement (PDF 185kb) |
As above Supplier Relationship Development |
04/11/2005 |
| A Low Value Strategy for Procurement (PDF 188kb) |
As above Low Value Strategy |
04/112005 |
| Procurement Expenditure Analysis (PDF 223kb) |
SPS has written a set of guidance papers for the local government National e-Procurement Project (NePP). These papers are still highly relevant and will be of use to ANY public or private sector organisation looking to improve its procurement processes and systems. Expenditure Analysis |
05/08/2005 |
| e-Procurement Security (PDF 170kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper ICT Security |
13/04/2004 |
| Optimising Procure to Pay (PDF 106kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper Procurement Process Optimisation |
13/04/2004 |
| Implementing e-Procurement (e-Purchasing) (PDF 112kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper ICT Implementation |
13/04/2004 |
| Implementing e-Procurement (e-Sourcing) (PDF 107kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper E-Sourcing |
13/04/2004 |
| Workflow and Authorisation (PDF 121kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper ICT Workflow |
01/04/2004 |
| Data Integration (PDF 137kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper ICT Integration |
25/03/2004 |
| Internal Barriers to e-Procurement Adoption (PDF 147kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper Managing Change |
25/03/2004 |
| Resourcing e-Procurement (PDF 154kb) |
NePP Guidance Paper ICT Project Management |
25/03/2004 |
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