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Scottish Seminar Success

SPS held a highly successful seminar in Stirling on 1st February 2008...

Efficiency: Scottish local authorities are warned to avoid English mistakes

In their efforts to become more efficient, Scottish local authorities must avoid the traps that English local government has fallen into, a leading efficiency expert has warned

Implementing McClelland - An Innovative Approach to Delivering Efficiency Through Collaboration

The Scottish Public Sector is facing the toughest financial climate for many years and local authorities will need to find new approaches to delivering greater efficiency. Relying on the tried and tested will no longer be an option for many, but where should local authorities go to get the right knowledge to help them prepare for this step change?

The Pan London Contracts Register Service (CRS)

The CRS (developed by NIP Ltd .) has now been successfully adopted across the London Boroughs following an earlier implementation by the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE). All boroughs have registered users on the system allowing them read and search access to not only their own contracts but also to those of other LCE authorities. To date over 3,200 contracts have been loaded by the London Boroughs as well as over 370 by the OGC Buying Solutions (these OGCBS contracts are available for everyone to view at www.contractsregister.com

ProClass – the New Face of Procurement Classification

SPS is an acknowledged leader in procurement classification and coding structures and their implementation into IT systems. We are pleased to see that the London Centre of Excellence is leading the way on the introduction of a new procurement classification (not coding) standard for local government (and others that wish to use it). It is called ProClass and has been developed and trialled over the last two years across local authorities.

Getting More from ICT Expenditure

For many people, gaining better deals from ICT expenditure is now about using e-Auctions or outsourcing to an ICT partner. In reality, these opportunities are often time limited or short term. For over five years SPS, with its partners, has been running two training programmes looking at the purchasing decisions and project management issues that can make a positive difference to cost reduction, the quality of services delivered and the relationships with any outsource providers and consultants.

Expenditure Analysis

Read more about our comprehensive set of education and training programmes to support organisations wishing to undertake their own spend analysis.