- what social value is
- how your sector and type of business can demonstrate it
- the approaches and models available
- some details of government's approach previously and going forward
It's that time of the year when all of the big outsourcers announce their 1/2 year financial returns so lets see how they're doing....
(Also if this is of any use to people, I might make it a regular thing because I'm not enough of a procurement nerd already 🤓)
#outsourcing
First up is @Ameyplc who announced yesterday record losses, not least due to their contracting kerfuffle with Birmingham council. However, revenue is actually up and with a new purchaser on the horizon, things aren't looking too bad.
So whilst I was busy at my PhD graduation this weekend, @UKLabour (rudely 🙄) announced an "in-sourcing" policy, essentially amounting to an ideological ban on outsourcing for local authorities.
Here's why I'm unimpressed - a "Jim Halpert" gif thread
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1st - I'm happy to support many of the proposals including a better "make or buy" decisions, greater transparency, and ensuring value-for-money. ID'ing services absolutely which aren't suited to outsourcing is crucial, as is training so contracting is done well! 👍@UKLabour
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This marks 2nd time this month that a central govt dept has been forced to pay compensation for bad procurement (the last being the @transportgovuk paying @LeShuttle £33m as a result of the No Deal Ferry Fiasco) /2
In other #procurement news, @BorisJohnson revealed that he views the £250bn of government procurement as a cash cow to fund his other policy promises through "savings" 💰
Here's why we @reformthinktank think this is awful procurement policy....
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First, procurement is already strained by factors including poor supplier-purchaser relationships and bad contracting 📜
(see @Ameyplc's issue with Birmingham city council
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Q - Why ensure that digital government services work with voice assistants? 🤔
A - To i) reduce the stain and ii) increase the accessibility of existing services
For example, @DVLAgovuk contact centre handles 28m calls per year so any reduction = cost savings and efficiency 💰
Feb 28, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
So some interesting stuff coming out of @NHSEngland's board meeting today (well, interesting for those of us with a passion for procurement......). Seems like the beginning of a move by against outsourcing in the #nhs to accompany the #NHSLongTermPlan /1
"We are concerned that the comparative weight that current legislation gives to competition will act as a drag on efforts to improve collaboration between NHS bodies and provide integrated care" #NHS#reformhealthbit.ly/2Vqizyn /2
