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- 1. Improving the valueof examination procurement in Sussex Tim Strickland CEO, FE Sussex
- 2. FE Sussex -value formoney procurement from Awarding Bodies Set the context of who we are and why we have done this Talk about the methodology we used Discuss what can be gained Suggest successful ways of improving value for money Talk about the future
- 3. FE Sussex -valuefor money procurement from Awarding Bodies “Gentlemen: we are running out of money” and yet “…(the) finance committee’s cases of administrative waste and inefficiency Winston Churchill, History of WWII, Pg 352 Vol IV I always study (sic) with great interest”
- 4. FE Sussex The consortiumcompany of the 12 post-sixteen Sussex colleges
- 5. The 12 post-sixteenSussex colleges Total turnover £228.21M pa Total examination board spend £5.1M pa
- 6. The 12 post-sixteenSussex colleges Five Sixth Form colleges Six General Further Education colleges One specialist land-based college
- 7. Colleges as businesses All colleges are businesses in their own right and therefore have •Suppliers and customers •Business philosophy •Business ethic Awarding bodies are suppliers of services to colleges
- 8. The efficiency programme Our aim To improve the value for money we receive from the suppliers who provide services to our member colleges
- 9. What are thepros and cons of collaborative working? Group question What are the pros and cons of collaborative working?
- 10. Collaborative working Thepros Strength Ideas PRD Pulling power Success The cons •Trust – is it truly there? •Understanding – who wants what •Relationships – take time! •External politics – difficult!! ……
- 11. The efficiency programme Question? Why has the awarding body agenda come to the fore? •Government •Ofqual •Customers •Fashion •Inefficiency •Value for money agenda
- 12. What we setout to put right!
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- 14. Our awarding bodiestarget savings 10% savings by July 2011
- 15. Smarter examination procurement Groupquestion How many awarding bodies do you use in your college? What is the amount of total spend? What is the spread of spend?
- 16. How we startedthe process of value for money improvement Undertook a spend analysis on awarding bodies within our consortium What it told us What it did not tell us The result - a plan of action
- 17. Conducting a spendanalysis Group question What will the end result look like?
- 18. The results ofour spend analysis- An enormous spreadsheet – 12 rows deep, 59 columns wide Maximum spend – minimum spend
- 19. Our end result- the format of our spend analysis: Universit British y of Name of Horse British Cambrid ABC College AQA OCN OCR Soc Council NCFE ASDAN EAL EDI EMTA Lantra ge ESOL AWARDS Plumpton Northbrook Chichester CCB Bhasvic SDC SCC Varndean Collyers Worthing CSC Bexhill 0
- 20. The results ofour spend analysis- 18% City and Guilds Edexcel 57% Other 25%
- 21. The results ofour spend analysis Knowledge of spend with each awarding body Strategic targeting of leading boards Realisation of the need to target spending An ability to talk with confidence to awarding bodies The need to get on our bike and talk to awarding bodies Concerns by our colleges over effects on teaching, success rates and L&M
- 22. FE Sussex What dowe do now?
- 23. FE Sussex What dowe do now? Look to achieve our original aim of improving value for money for our colleges
- 24. Improve value formoney HOW?
- 25. FE Sussex What dowe do now? By consolidating and targeting our business and using the advantages this could bring
- 26. FE Sussex What dowe do now? Approach the largest awarding bodies with an offer of a strategic partnership
- 27. Group question What should a partnership arrangement offer - on both sides
- 28. What a partnershipcould offer Some examples Financial gain Improved efficiency Enhanced CPD Marketing help Financial analysis and assistance
- 29. What do wewant from an awarding body? Service Value for money Someone who knows the job Someone who takes action Accurate and concise information Ease of contact and availability
- 30. What’s going toget in the way Barriers Problems Obstacles Stumbling blocks Challenges
- 31. Suggest five examplesof barriers and put them in rank order! Group question
- 32. Barriers, challenges, obstacles Fromour experience: From exams…We don’t need to change From curriculum teams…doom and gloom Cross college…inertia in planning Ignorance of the strategic objective
- 33. The results oftalking – Success Incentive discounts linked to level of turnover Value added enhancements such as: Key account managers Improved quality assurance assistance Speedy turnaround of registrations and certification Early alerting to problems Free CPD and staff development Sponsorship of award ceremonies
- 34. Celebrating the achievement of vocational learners in Sussex
- 35. Who are theyand what did they say?.. Nobody said there would be days like this… (and his aunt said “ you’ll never make a living out of playing a guitar”) The times they are a-changing… There wil be fewer peopl to m anage. C olaboration is about l e l saving costs, both front and curricul areas… l um ook around at your com petitors… we need to be im aginative and take risks … (24.6.1 0, Bloom sbury Hotel– Future of Further Ed ucation)
- 36. Future ways ofworking for colleges Tender exercises for suppliers of qualifications Having preferred suppliers of qualifications – from tendering Forgingmeaningful and commercially advantageous partnerships
- 37. The future: Rationalisation of the number of awarding bodies we deal with Formation of two-way strategic alliances Price reduction and value for money increase The need to incorporate open and fair competition under UK procurement rules
- 38. The future: The introductionof tendering – driving down costs and increasing service levels Opportunity to become an awarding body Regionally or sub-regionally
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- 40. FE Sussex Thank youand any questions!