Commissioning

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Commissioning Procurement in Childrens
Services

• Richard Painter
• Commissioning Team
• Commercial Group
• DCSF
• 02077 838344

richard.painter_at_dcsf.gsi.gov.uk www.dcsf.gov.uk/ec
m/commercialskills
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Typical priorities for Childrens Services

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Commissioning is the process for deciding how to
use the total resource available for children,
young people and parents in order to improve
outcomes in the most efficient, effective,
equitable and sustainable way. -
Commissioning Support Programme (CSP)
Commissioning a definition
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A Procurement Definition

• Procurement is the process of acquiring goods,
  services and construction projects from
  providers/suppliers and managing these through to
  the end of contract, or disposal of assets. Plus
  the overarching activities that corporately
  maximise effectiveness, efficiency and value for
  money from this process.

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Both have at their heart.
Outcomes Customer Community Staff Organisations

Resources Workforce Money Capital Influence Commu
nity Customers Service providers
Commissioning is the most efficient, effective,
equitableand sustainable route
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Commissioning Skills

• understanding user group
• needs analysis
• planning
• service redesign
• pooling budgets and other resource
• engagement with users and user groups
• partnership working
• change management

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Commercial Skills

• spend analysis
• supplier engagement
• supply chain analysis
• use of e-procurement options
• e-tendering e-evaluation e-auctions
  e-marketplaces
• EU legislation
• collaboration
• contract management
• etc. etc.

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And there are some great examples

Central procurement providing commercial skills
training
Procurement professionals working within
commissioning teams
Advice and information exchanges
Regular joint meetings
Procurement heads involved in the early stages
of commissioning
Commissioners giving early warning of potential
tendering
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but we also hear of a lot of worries
There is so much waste in the system
We are increasingly open to challenge from
providers
Commissioners break the rules and leave us exposed
Procurement rules make it impossible to improve
outcomes
I asked for help with a tender and was told you
cant do that its illegal
I can never get the help when I need it
All procurement is interested in is cost cutting
We could really help commissioners if only theyd
let us
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Left Brain - Right Brain

• Is this how some
• commissioners
• see procurement?
• Bureaucracy
• Systems
• Rule compliance

Is this how some procurement people see
commissioning? Risk taking Breaking the
rules Informal
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What support are we giving?

• Guidance
• Case studies
• Email network
• ECM website
• Commercial Procurement Group on the CSP website

What support do you want?
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Round-table discussion

• Commissioning Procurement Contract
  Management
• How do they fit together?
• How can we make the most of them?

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Richard PainterCommissioning TeamCommercial
Group02077 838344

• richard.painter_at_dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
• www.dcsf.gov.uk/ecm/commercialskills