Link up with ESPO

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Link up with ESPO

• 29th June 2004

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• Covers 3 Procurement Regions i.e.
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East of England

Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
Norfolk
Leicester City
Cambridgeshire
Warwickshire
Peterborough City
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Organisational Structure
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Purchasing Methods
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Four means by which we effect supplies services
to our member authorities and others(292
million p.a.)
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Local SMEs and ESPO
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• 500 contracts total value 292 million p.a.
• Many with local SMEs

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Advantages of Linking with ESPO
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• One of the largest consortia for goods and
  services on your doorstep at Glenfield
• Financially stable customer
• We have a duty to pay promptly
• We are duty bound to be fair and reasonable in
  our choice and treatment of suppliers
• Where permissible, we will expose our
  requirements for the award of large contracts in
  lots to stimulate interest from local SMEs
• We can market your products and services
  throughout the wider public sector
• We can deliver to 20,000 customers throughout the
  three regions

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Disadvantages of Linking with ESPO
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• Strict adherence to EU Directives and UK contract
  regulations, i.e.
• - competition rules
• - timescales
• - award criteria, etc.
• Compliance with a range of other legislation
  which impacts on procurement, e.g.
• - race, sex, disability discrimination
• - health safety requirements
• - EMAS accreditation
• Ethical procurement issues
• Sustainability and environmental policies
• A range of pre-qualification issues
• Implementation of electronic government
• - Are you ready for e-procurement?
• Professional indemnity and public liability
  insurance costs

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Why Customers Buy Through ESPO
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• PURCHASING POWER Aggregation of demand and
  centralisation of our operations (such as
  warehousing and administration) keeps operating
  costs and therefore our prices competitive.
• NO PROFIT ESPO is jointly owned by its member
  Authorities who have decreed that the
  organisation should operate on a not for profit
  basis. Our prices do not therefore carry any
  profit margin.
• PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Customers can rely upon
  ESPO to have sourced appropriate products and
  services, which meet required standards of
  performance and safety.

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Why Customers Buy Through ESPO
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• SIMPLICITY By purchasing through ESPO,
  customers can comply with all the bureaucracy of
  Best Value, including advertising, tendering and
  compliance with the procurement regulations. We
  take all the headache out of the small print.
• ONE -STOP-SHOP We effectively offer a complete
  procurement service from concept to delivery and
  beyond.
• OWNERSHIP Customers know that we belong to
  them unlike any other procurement agent or
  suppliers.

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Contacting ESPO

• Website www.espo.org
• Buying Teams
• Via Local council (Website, Procurement Units)
• Leaflets, Press, Specialist Publications
• LSEP, Chamber of Commerce etc.

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Who to contact at ESPO
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• Group Buyers
• Richard Tomlinson Furniture 265 7465
• John Arnold Hardware 265 7895
• Clive Doherty Stationery 265 7941
• Steve Burton Competition Services 265 7857
• David Kwiatek Energy 265 7845
• Peter Stafford Allen Food Provisions 265 7855
• Kevin Matthews Highways Vehicles 265 7936
• Anthony Fernihough Information Communications
  Technology 265 7940

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Local Authority National Scene
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• 9 Regional Centres of Procurement Excellence
• North East - Gateshead M.D.C.
• North West - Tameside M.D.C.
• Yorkshire Humberside - Leeds City Council
• West Midlands - Worcestershire County Council
• East Midlands - Nottinghamshire County Council
• East of England - Norfolk County Council
• London - Assn of London Gov/Westminster City
• South West - Dorset County Council
• South East - Kent County Council

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End

• Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
• Leicester Road
• Glenfield
• Leicester LE3 8RT
• www.espo.org