Collaborate?

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Collaborate?

• What have we found?
• Top tips
• Key considerations

3 primary Academies located within 6 miles of
each other. Now we can negotiate outside of the
constraints of the LA and work to get better
services, based on what we know works for our
schools. The bar has been raised and prices are
much more competitive.
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Weve taken the work out of finding good deals in
key spend areas
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Other spend areas

• Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA)
• ICT / Microsoft licenses
• Professional services legal, due diligence and
  audit
• Food
• Banking/acquiring services
• Energy

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Schools energy efficiency project

• What the project aims to achieve
• To increased energy efficiency within schools
• Reduce 500 million annual spend across the
  English schools estate
• Improved learning environment for pupils and
  staff
• Encourage schools to look at reducing spend per
  pupil

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What have we achieved so far?

• Invested 10 million of capital through the Salix
  Energy Efficiency Loans scheme
• Provided over 300 schools and academies with
  interest free loans for energy efficiency
  projects with projected lifetime savings of 26.3
  million
• Considering further funding options to address
  over subscription of existing capital
• Invested a further 10.8million of capital in the
  ACMF heating replacement programme through Salix
  Finance
• Provided a 158 Academies with interest free loans
  for heating replacement systems projects with
  projected lifetime savings of 15.2 million
• Established a schools page on the Salix website
  www.salixfinance.co.uk/schools

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Exemplar Case Studies
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BESA Report September 2013 Information and
Communication Technology in UK State Schools
Funding for ICT investment by schools will reach
an all-time high in 2014 The increase in
secondary school ICT budgets is expected to
continue into 2014 by a significant 11 By
2015 schools anticipate 53 of pupil-time being
exposed to teaching and learning using ICT
Signals further ICT investment for schools
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Educational ICT Procurement Arrangements (EU
compliant)

• Local Authority agreements
• Crown Commercial Service (CCS) contracts (e.g.
  G-Cloud IMLS Framework)
• Public Sector Buying Organisation deals (Pro5)
• DfEs ICT Services Framework Agreement
• DfEs Information Management Learning Services
  Framework (IMLS)
• Microsoft MoU Schools Academic Licensing

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Dont be headline news

• Crown Commercial Service framework
• 3,600 schools
• 11m spend and case studies evidencing 49
  savings.

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Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA)

• EFA letter outlining voluntary scheme 14 February
  2014
• Renamed RPA is a mechanism through which the cost
  of risks that materialise from 1 September 2014
  will be covered by government funds.
• Available for all Academies and Free Schools to
  opt in.
• Further details available from
• https//www.gov.uk/academies-risk-protection-arran
  gement-rpa

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Academies Zone
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Build your procurement skills

• www.buyways.co.uk

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Useful links Procurement deals and
information https//www.gov.uk/government/collecti
ons/buying-for-schools ICT Procurement Advice
via email schools.ictsupport_at_education.gsi.gov.uk

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What can you take away from this?

• Financial and commercial thinking has to play a
  greater role
• Cost conscious culture
• Raising commercial awareness within your
  organisation
• Contract management
• EU regulations

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Procurement Good News stories sought

• DfE is seeking examples where collaborative or
  strategic procurements, with or without the use
  of initiatives from the department or by moving
  to a framework, have helped you achieved a large
  saving.
• DfE will do all the running, interviews, follow
  up work and anonymise the school if preferred.
  CG.Communications_at_education.gsi.gov.uk

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Stephen.Archer_at_education.gsi.gov.uk