John Dawson

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introduction toCommissioning

• John Dawson
• Commissioning and Procurement Adviser
• NAVCA

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NAVCA commissioning

• Local Commissioning Procurement Unit
• Supporting membership
• Communicating to govt. departments
• Sharing knowledge
• Intelligent commissioning

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National noise

• Public services reform
• Commissioning third sector high profile
• Efficiency ? ? ? cuts
• What direction of travel?
• Regionalisation or personalisation?

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Evolving local government structures

• Devolving power Local Priorities
• http//www.localpriorities.communities.gov.uk/
• Local Area Agreements
• Local Strategic Partnerships
• 188 National Indicators (1-199!)
• Comprehensive Area Assessment
• Total Place
• New duties duty to involve / consult
• New unitarys

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Commissioning

• The whole cycle
• The cycle of assessing the needs of people in an
  area, designing and then securing an appropriate
  service

Partnership in Public Services An action plan
for third sector involvement
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More simply
Understand
Plan
Do
Review
In theory!
DCSFs Commissioning Support Programme
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Mixed market of supply

• Grants, alongside contracts, have a crucial role
  and should be used where they are more
  appropriate, particularly when building the
  capacity of partners, piloting new approaches to
  services and outcomes and in investing specific
  projects led by other partners.

CLGs Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous
Communities Statutory Guidance
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Service design

• Commissioners need external input when designing
  service specifications, and this is recognised in
  EU procurement rules
• The onus is on commissioners to look at the
  different potential providers and not be shy to
  talk to them in designing service specifications

Public Administration Select Committee report 13,
July 2008
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Commissioning of what, by who?

• Open funding ? ? ? identified priorities
• Grants ? ? ? contracts?
• PCTs / Local authorities etc
• Commissioning frameworks
• Where is it happening?

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In reality
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Local Infrastructure work

• Strategic
• Influence representation
• Developmental
• Capacity building

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• So..
• What do you need to know?

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How deep?

• Delivery / influence / already involved / new
  opportunities / changing relationships
• What are local priorities areas of need
• Where next for your organisation its mission

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Understanding your market

• What do YOU do?
• Who buys it? is it a local priority?
• Looking forward
• growth or cut backs?
• What direction?
• Personalisation or regionalisation?
• Competition scale are you big enough alone?

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Understanding the process

• Commissioning frameworks
• Grant or procurement process?
• Timescales
• Paperwork
• Relevant policies
• What should you look out for?

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Making connections

• How do you find out what is happening?
• Do commissioners know you exist what you do?
• Get early influence

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Support from NAVCA

• Tender support package
• Advice line
• Specialists
• Briefings, resources, links
• Networking

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• ? 0114 289 3989
• ? lcpu_at_navca.org.uk

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