'Think Local': Supporting Local Procurement, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Energy at Home Event on Sustainable Buildings, Folly Farm Centre, 18th March 2015
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Richard Howroyd, Bath & North East Somerset Council, introduces the Council's 'Think Local' Procurement Strategy.
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- 1. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit “Think Local” Supporting Local Procurement Richard Howroyd Corporate Procurement Manager
- 2. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Yes I know its 2015!
- 3. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit
- 4. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit The Changing Landscape Transparency Localism
- 5. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Legal Context » Public Contract Regulations 2015 » Public Sector Equalities Duty » Localism Act » Public Services (Social Value) Act » Social & Environmental Benefits alongside Financial Efficiency » Case Law
- 6. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit The minefield of ‘Local’ -V-
- 7. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Where Does The Council Spend its Money
- 8. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit “Think Local” » New Procurement Strategy » Agreed by Cabinet and formally launched on 15th October 2013 by Cllr Bellotti to local Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SME’s) and Micro Businesses at a “Meet the Buyer Event” » Supported by the Federation Of Small Businesses, Curo and the Crown Commercial Services » Very successful launch attended by over 100 companies.
- 9. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Plugging The Leaky Bucket
- 10. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Why Have We Changed Our Procurement Policy? » In 2010/11 English Local Authorities spend £144 Billion on goods & services » With resources scarce there is an increased realisation that local public procurement can be used as a lever to tackle economic and social challenges » This has been recognised in Public Procurement Policy
- 11. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit What Impact can the Change Have? Federation Of Small Businesses Survey “Every £1 spent by a participating local authority with local SME’s generates an additional 63p of benefit for their local economy, compared to just 40p generated by large local firms”
- 12. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Some More Figures! » Small local firms generate over 58% more economic benefit for local economies over two rounds of re-spending than large local firms. » If Local Authorities increased spend with local firms by 5% it would increase collective spend in the local economy by over £1.4 billion » If spend was increased with local firms by 5% and with SME’s by 3% it would increase investment in local SME’s by over £964 billion
- 13. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit What We Have Done
- 14. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Supporting the Changes - External » Updated Internet Pages - Selling to the Council (Further changes to be made) » Draft Suppliers Guide » Draft Sustainable Procurement Code & Guide » Training & Support Offer » Use of Social Media
- 15. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Social Value Policy & Toolkit » Builds on new Procurement Strategy & recommendations from Apprenticeship policy development » Increase Targeted Recruitment & Training through Council’s Procurement Processes » Targets supply chain opportunities » Allows innovation to deliver Social Value objectives » Cost neutral
- 16. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit Buying With Confidence » We want to expand the use of the Buying with Confidence Scheme » Trusted Local Suppliers » Suppliers we are happy to recommend » Suppliers who can work in residents homes
- 17. Bath and North East Somerset – The place to live, work and visit