London Borough of Ealing Commercial Policy 2019 - 2021 - Ealing Council

 
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London Borough of Ealing Commercial Policy 2019 - 2021 - Ealing Council
London Borough of Ealing
   Commercial Policy

      2019 – 2021
London Borough of Ealing Commercial Policy 2019 - 2021 - Ealing Council
Contents Page

                  1) Introduction

     2) Policy Aims & Future Ealing Outcomes

       3) Ealing Annual Spend by Category

           4) Commercial Governance

           5) Commissioning Approach

        6) Contract Management Approach

7) Commercial Policy Delivery – Eleven Key Themes

           8) Commercial Hub Overview

     9) Pipeline & Directorate Activity Planned

            10) Risks and Challenges

     11) Key Performance Indicators & Targets
London Borough of Ealing Commercial Policy 2019 - 2021 - Ealing Council
1) Introduction

•    We spend approximately £350M every year on
     contracts to support delivery of services to residents.
•    How we procure and manage contracts around the nine
     Future Ealing outcomes is key to getting the best value
     we can from limited resources.
•    As goods, works and services become more strategic
     and the business environment more unpredictable, the
     Council will shift to more sophisticated sourcing
     commercial models.

    Progression from simple to more sophisticated commercial models
London Borough of Ealing Commercial Policy 2019 - 2021 - Ealing Council
2) Commercial Policy Aims & Future Ealing Outcomes
                                                                               An
 Helping residents                                                      environmentally
  to stay active,                                                       friendly borough
    healthy and
   independent
                                     To reduce the                 Reducing crime and
                                  Council’s external               helping residents to
                                   third party spend                     feel safe
                                     by up to 10%
                                    through greater
                                  use of commercial
                                       & category
              Where valid, to        management             Ensure strategic
           explore alternative         principles         third party spend is
             service delivery                                focussed upon
             models and the                                 defined service
              opportunity to                               outcomes that are
            create income for                                  linked to a
            the Council within    Working together         commercial model
           relevant categories    with commercial,        appropriate for the
                of spend         local authority and       category of spend
                                    public sector                                  Keeping
                                 partners in a more                              young people
                                   innovative and                                    safe
           The development       commercial way to
            of “best in class”      deliver Future         Increase the level
               commercial         Ealing outcomes             of social value
              contract and                                 generated for the
                 supplier                                   borough through
               relationship                               increased leverage
           management skills                                 of the Council’s
                across the                                  third party spend
              organisation             To increase
                                  knowledge of, and
                                  the ability to shape
 A strong, diverse                  and develop, all                    More
                                  key supply markets
      and fair                       for the Council
                                                                     affordable
    community                                                         housing

             A clean and                                             A growing
            great place to                                            economy,
                 live                                             creating jobs and
                                       Helping young                opportunities
                                      people to achieve
                                       their potential
London Borough of Ealing Commercial Policy 2019 - 2021 - Ealing Council
3) Ealing Annual Spend by Category
4) Commercial Governance

                                                                               The          Council’s
                                         Cabinet
                                                                               commercial governance
Level 3                                 Corporate                              follows a three-level
                                         Board                                 approach.
                                                              Joint
                                                          Commercial &
                                                           Procurement
                                                             Board             To ensure better forward
                                                                               planning we aim to
                                                                               begin any procurement
                                                                               exercise    two    years
            Directorate                  Directorate                     WLA   before it needs to be in
            Contracts     Directorate    Contracts     Directorate
Level 2       Board                        Board                               place
                          Contracts                    Contracts
                            Board                        Board

                                                                               A key component to the
                                                                               delivery of projects are
            Projects &                 Projects &                              the contracts boards
             Contract      Projects &   Contract        Projects &
Level 1    Governance       Contract  Governance         Contract              that provide assurance
                          Governance                   Governance
                                                                               over all spend activity,
                                                                               including     that    of
                                                                               ASDM’s.

          Governance Process Timeline & Forward Planning Process
5) Commissioning Approach

                                                      Commercial      Strategy
                                                      (Business          Case)
                                                      Considerations:

                                                      •   Category Strategy (5-
                                                          year Plan) Alignment

                                                      •   Background & Service
                                                          Review

                                                      •   Options Appraisal

                                                      •   Demand Management

                                                      •   Service User Analysis

                                                      •   Supply Market Analysis

                                                      •   Procurement Proposal
All contracts which are over the EU threshold for         & Outcomes
services or £500k for works should follow the
Council’s Commissioning Toolkit methodology.          •   Supplier Relationship
                                                          Management
As part of this they should have a Commercial
Strategy devised outlining what it is we want to      •   Commercial Impact –
commission, how we will do it and then how we will        Finance, Savings &
then manage it.                                           Efficiencies
The strategies are approved either by the relevant
                                                      •   Wider        Corporate
Directorate Contracts Board or the Joint Contracts
                                                          Implications
Board.

The boards provide a holistic view of Council wide    •   Social              Value
third party spend, ensuring challenge and rigour is       Considerations
applied to key spend decisions.
6) Contract Management Approach

All contracts should follow the Council’s Contract Management Toolkit. The
process covers contract administration, performance management and
Supplier Relationship Management.

                                                                 Supplier Relationship
 Contract Administration       Performance Management
                                                                    Management

     Implementation &
                               Performance Management                  Governance
       Mobilisation

       People & Skills             Benefits Realisation         Relationship Management

                                                                Stakeholder Management
  Contract Milestone Plan             Quality Audit
                                                                  and Communications

Business Continuity Planning         Benchmarking                   Strategic Reviews

     Payment Validation
                               In using a consistent approach and methodology the
                               Council aims to ensure the following:
     Risk Management
                               •   Key contract outcomes and best value for money are
      Variation Control            delivered, through a more commercial approach.

 Service Review & Planning     •   Proactively identify and manage any risks which may
                                   impact on a supplier’s ability to deliver the service /
 Contract Health & Financial       fulfil the contract requirements to the desired
           Check                   standards.

  Extension Management         •   Improve and develop contract and supplier
                                   performance across the organisation via a consistent
    Asset Management               approach which maximises efficiencies and promotes
                                   value add contribution across the supply base.
     Dispute Resolution
                               •   Appropriately influence supplier activity and decisions
          Step-in                  and improve value for money, over and above cost
                                   savings.
     Exit Management
                               •   Ensure that the contract is effectively administered, for
   Notices & Termination           example from a change management perspective.
7) Commercial Policy Delivery – Twelve Key Themes

 To deliver the aims of the policy the Council will concentrate upon twelve
 key themes which will provide the structure and framework from which we
 will plan and prioritise our work over the next three years.

 These themes are summarised over the next few pages in relation to the
 ambitions we have, the actions we will take and the results we will strive to
 achieve. Each of the eight themes is as important as another in ensuring
 that we deliver our ambition and meet our overall purpose.

                                       A) Commercial
                                          Decision
                                           Making
                         L) Income                       B) Outcome-
                        Generation &                        based
                          Trading                       Commissioning

       K) People,
                                                                        C) Category
       Skills and
                                                                        Management
      Development

  J) Digital &
                                                                             D) Demand
   Process
 Development                           Ambition +                            Management

                                        Action =
                                         Result

      I) Social Value
                                                                             E)
       & Community
                                                                        Collaboration
          Benefits

                         H) Market
                        Engagement,                      F) Strategic
                        Shaping and                       Sourcing
                        Development     G) Contract &
                                          Supplier
                                        Relationship
                                        Management
A) Commercial Decision Making
 Ambition
 •   For Ealing to be an organisation where we maximize every pound spent externally with third
     party suppliers, focusing on both service outcomes and the commercial arrangements that
     enable their delivery.
 Actions
 •   A new central commercial hub providing expertise and support to the Council across the
     whole Commercial cycle.
 •   Commercial training and development plans for all roles with an influence on third party
     spend.
 •   Improved forward planning of all commercial activity with commissioning decisions being
     made two years in advance of any contract needing to be in place.
 Results
 •   Improved service outcomes for residents based on need.
 •   Reduced third party spend across all categories.
 •   Reduced contractual risk though appropriate apportionment between the Council and
     suppliers.

B) Outcome-based Commissioning
 Ambition
 •   To embed outcome based specifications and commercial models, with appropriate risk
     sharing arrangements where appropriate, across all strategic contracts the Council
     procures.
 Actions
 •   To shift our commissioning habits through increased commercial training and support from
     output focused specifications to those which are centred around the core outcomes a
     service needs to deliver.
 •   To align all commissioned outcomes to Future Ealing.
 •   Ensure commercial strategies focus upon the link between payment and outcomes with
     appropriate risk sharing and incentivisation.
 Results
 •   Improved outcomes for residents.
 •   Spend decisions focussed upon where it can make a difference.
 •   More balanced contractual risk allocation.
C) Demand Management
 Ambition
 •    To deliver commercial strategies that use innovative, service focussed but commercially
      minded tools and techniques for managing and reducing service demand.
 Actions
 •    To adopt a capacity surplus perspective rather than a deficit model, where understanding
      the behavioural dynamics of expensive people based services can be used to allow citizens
      to support themselves in different ways.
 •    To take a more imaginative look at service users through the deployment of behavioural
      analysis (and not just the traditional assessments of socio-economic need), we can
      segment and tailor services in ways which may see reduced levels of demand.
 •    Channel shift through the use of other tools such as assisted technology, digital channels
      and data analytics.
 Results
 •    The re-alignment of spend to focus on key service outcomes and prevention strategies
      where they are most needed, whilst also reducing levels of spend.
 •    An improved forecast of demand will enable improved value for money with suppliers
      through more accurate expenditure commitments and therefore greater assurity possible.

D) Collaboration
 Ambition
 • Wherever possible and appropriate to the category of spend in question, we look to
   collaborate with other Partners such as Crown Commercial Service, Care Commissioning
   Groups, West London Alliance, London Council’s etc.
 Actions
 • To ensure that all commercial strategies address opportunities for collaboration but that any
   joint working occurs only where it is suitable for the market in question, the service outcomes
   to be delivered and the business case behind it.
 • To ensure we take a lead in shaping collaboration with partner organisations and setting an
   agenda which is beneficial for Ealing, i.e. leading WLA programmes and influencing joint
   programmes of work from the onset via the Category Leads in the Commercial Hub.
 Results
 •    Improved service outcomes for residents with a reduced third party spend across all
      categories through economies of scale and better value for money.
 •    Access to expertise and capacity from partner agencies to support programmes of work and
      the sharing of knowledge and lessons learnt on categories.
 •    A joined up approach to market management which utilises our joint buying power to shape
      them to our future needs.
E) Category Management Development
 Ambition
 •    That each major category of spend across the Council has a 5 year category plan.
 Actions
 •    Category Leads within the Commercial Hub to produce market tested plans alongside
      service colleagues for all major spend categories, consolidating and reducing the number of
      suppliers across the organisation.
 •    All individual service commercial strategies to align with the overall category strategy that is
      in place.
 •    Maximise the use of intelligence around supplier, market, service design and demand,
      developing the insight we provide to include forecasting.
 Results
 •    Enables a strategic view of supply markets and services, supporting market development
      and collaboration.
 •    It is estimated that by employing a category management approach to spend organisations
      can reduce spend by 10 – 20%.
 •    Facilitates a holistic view of spend to reduce silo’d working, enable greater social value and
      aid increased value for money.

F) Strategic Sourcing
 Ambition
 • To deliver sourcing processes that achieve successful outcomes and is a positive and
   effective experience for our suppliers, residents and staff.
 Actions
 • Align commercial strategies (sourcing plans) to the outcomes of category strategies to ensure
   a clear and robust programme of sourcing activity.
 • All high risk, high value complex projects include some form of negotiation or dialogue to
   maximise value for money.
 • Best practice is driven through the tools and standards that we adopt, and these are reviewed
   regularly.
 • Ensure compliance to UK & EU procurement regulations through our processes.
 Results
 • The realisation of all benefits outlined in any category or commercial strategies.
 • Appropriate challenge, and where necessary control, to ensure that our strategic sourcing
   processes are robust, lean and effective.
 • Suppliers will receive regular and constructive feedback at the end of the process to help them
   shape future bids and participation.
G) Contract & Supplier Relationship Management
 Ambition
 • Recognition as an SRM leader across all industries. We will achieve this by delivering efficiencies,
   savings and service quality improvements through a proactive and consistent approach to supplier
   and contract management.
 Actions
 • Ongoing training for service’s on the Council’s existing contract management toolkit.
 • Development of an improved approach to supply chain risk and business continuity planning
   across all of our strategic and critical suppliers.
 • Implement the new Commercial Hub’s contract management support resource across each major
   category.
 • Review of our need for an eCMS and implement improved technology accordingly, including new
   contracts database.
 • Greater grip over spend decisions with a product code-based preferred supplier list created with
   conformance reporting.
 Results
 •    Service’s will be supported by specialised knowledge of SRM via the Commercial Hub.
 •    Efficiencies, improvements and savings will be delivered through contract and supplier
      relationship management.
 •    Performance of strategic contracts will be transparent and suppliers will benefit from open and
      structured relationships.

H) Market Engagement, Shaping and Development
 Ambition
 • The Council will work to shape and develop markets where required, ensuring future needs can be
   met by the supply base.
 Actions
 • 5 Year category planning will support market development, alongside effective Supplier
   Relationship Management.
 • An ongoing programme of supplier engagement will be developed, including regular supplier
   forums for major categories.
 • Alignment of our purchasing power with other public sector partners to generate greater market
   leverage, i.e. West London Alliance, Pan-London Heads of Procurement, Crown Commercial
   Service.
 Results
 • A supply base which can meet our future needs and demand whilst still providing best value for
   money.
 • The enablement of individual choice for residents in social care and a supply base which works
   more collaboratively with the Council.
I) Social Value & Community Benefits
Ambition
• We will deliver additional value for our residents through the way in which we spend money on
  goods, works and services. This will be done by considering economic, social and
  environmental well-being in relation to our procurement processes, stakeholder engagement
  and contract implementation across the supply chain.
• We will ensure greater visibility and influence over our supply chains, and work with our
  suppliers to utilise and positively deliver local benefits from public and private sector partners.
  We will continue to create opportunities for Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS)
  organisations to become part of our supply chains.
Actions
• Focus on increasing our spend with local suppliers across all categories, with a particular
  emphasis on developing local supply chains in sectors that will deliver the biggest impact on
  economic growth, including employment and skills opportunities, over the longer term.
• Engage with our suppliers and markets to identify and secure apprenticeships and other work
  opportunities for local residents, to proactively address skills shortages.
• Engage with our suppliers to raise awareness of environmental and sustainability requirements
  which need to be factored into future contracts as appropriate.
• Implement mechanisms for identifying, monitoring and measuring Social Value, which allow us
  to be open and transparent about the benefits achieved and the cost of delivery.
• Use our Social Value Strategy for Procurement to ensure that we are meeting the actual need of
  our local communities.
• Develop stronger links with other organisations (including business groups, LEP’s, Schools &
  Colleges, VCS and community groups) in order to deliver the Social Value Strategy for
  Procurement.
Results
• An increase in social value benefits across contract awarded by the Council, including greater
  numbers of employment opportunities, higher SME spend, more local spend and increased
  Voluntary and Third Sector spend.
• The development of an increased voluntary and community offer which is able to support the
  delivery of key outcomes for residents.
• A more sustainable local supply base with Small, Medium, Enterprises and the voluntary sector
  having greater assurity of business due to long-term partnerships with the Council.
J) Digital & Process Development
Ambition
• Our processes will be user friendly, lean and agile, supported by the right technology to deliver
  best value.
• Actions
• Our commercial technology strategy will be clearly linked to overall technology and digital
  strategy and corporate governance.
• Development of existing technology managed through a controlled change process for all
  systems across the procure-to-pay process (including e-tendering, e-contract management,
  purchasing and payment systems for all other Services and comprehensive analytics tools) as
  well as our programme management and tracking systems.
Results
• Systems will support all service’s meet their business needs and will see increased
  automation, reducing the requirement for administration.
• Systems will be easy to use and procurement projects will be supported by simple processes
  and sound analytics.

K) People, Skills and Development
Ambition
• We will be a success if we have the right people, with the right skills, development
  opportunities and support. Our strategy is ambitious and we have demanding objectives to
  deliver and so we must have a continued focus on developing people across the organisation
  with the right commercial skills.
• Actions
• Encourage and embed coaching, high performance and positive behaviours in all we do.
• Place the best people into the Commercial Hub by encouraging internal career development at
  all levels as well as recruiting the best of external expertise where needed.
• Invest in opportunities to grow the right talent across the whole organisation; including
  apprenticeships.
• Develop and deliver a high quality commercial training, including a “License to Procure” and
  skills in commissioning, letting and managing contracts.
Results
• A capable Commercial Hub will help support the Future Ealing agenda and service areas
  deliver their business requirements more commercially.
• An organisation with a wide breadth of commercial expertise which is seen as being “best in
  class”.
L) Income Generation & Trading
Ambition
• To generate additional revenue from commercial activity so as to avoid cuts to other service
  areas and protect front line services.
• Income can be generated via various trading models on services where there is the following:
       • an existing level of service quality being provided by the Council that would be attractive
         to customers other than residents;
       • in a market which is not over saturated and there is a suitable for a new entrant;
       • the Council can be competitive in terms of pricing but still make an adequate margin
         (minimum 15%) so as to make it commercially viable;
       • trading does not divert attention from our core business of serving Ealing’s residents.
Actions
• Each opportunity will have an options appraisal to select the most appropriate model and a fully
  developed business case. Once approved a long term business plan will then be created
  showing how the company will grow and be sustainable.
• We will be clear on the offer and desired outcome in order to assess impact and manage
  stakeholder expectations. This means having clarity about whether the desired result is to make
  a profit, take the service into public management, to make it more efficient – or a combination of
  these factors.
• We will allow plenty of time for benefits to be realised. This is particularly important when there
  is no input from the private sector. Financial gains take time to secure unless there is already an
  established service operating in-house.
• We will start small and build the business. The most successful LATCOs started with one
  service and grew from there, ensuring that a valid business case supported each growth phase.
• The Council will always understand market demand. Knowing the local area and its strengths
  and weaknesses is critical.
• A commercial culture will be developed. Companies need to be attractive places to work,
  engendering openness and trust. It should start with co-producing the vision and values as that
  provides the basis and the buy-in from which change can happen.
Results
• Can provide the authority with more direct strategic control over the service than a third party
  would.
• The opportunity to generate profits which may be ploughed back into the authority to support
  wider public service delivery.
• The opportunity for cost reduction by moving away from local authority terms and conditions
  towards more commercial ones, particularly with regard to pensions.
• The creation of a separate company enables the service or activity to move away from being
  constrained by the local authority’s decision-making processes and become more operationally
  agile.
• Can facilitate the shaping of markets with a new more competitive entrant.
8) Commercial Hub Overview

 To support the Council meet the aims of this policy a new Commercial
 Hub has been established to provide a central commercial resource for
 the whole of the Council. This replaced the previous procurement team
 and will be a key component to supporting not only this policy, but all
 service area outcomes and Future Ealing as a whole.

 Systems & MI                                              Category Management

                   Ownership of key relationships with the service, working collaboratively with strategic commissioners to
 Ownership of       develop category and commercial strategies which ensure procurement and contract management
  procurement      activities will work cohesively to deliver and measure service outcomes. Knowledge of the market base
  systems and                                     and ability to help shape and develop supply.
 maintenance
   of contract
  register and
 forward plan.                 People                               Place                             Corporate
   Feeding in
   relevant MI
   to category
 leads to drive                                                                                  Finance; Facilities;
     decision                                             Physical assets including            Management; Human
     making.       All spend in Children's, Adults        Public Realm; Economic             Resources; Digital (ICT), as
                         and Public Health.               Development; Planning,              well as Leisure; Libraries;
                                                          Highways and Transport;            Customer Services; plus all
                                                          Regeneration; Housing.               Future Ealing activity.

                                                 Contract Management & Commercial Input

                    • Support in developing and managing outcomes based contracts through KPIs and performance
                                                                 measures;
                  • Ensuring joined up approach across the Council for corporate spend, seeking opportunities to provide
                                               best value support services across the Council;
                   • Sharing best practice and lessons learned from all spend to inform broader Council management of
                                                               key contracts

                                                     Procurement Project Management

                   Resource allocated based on procurement forward plans, driven by MI and contract register as well as
                    category strategies, to project manage and provide support to procurement activity ensuring not only
                                    compliance but innovative and collaborative go to market strategies.
8.1) Commercial Hub – Activities                                                                                     Performed                       and
Associated Benefits for the Council

                                               Functional Activities                                             Benefits of Inclusion

                           •   Setting the overarching procurement strategies through        •   Enables a strategic view of supply markets and services,
                               collaboration, engagement and support of departments.             supporting market development and collaboration.
                           •                                                                 •
     Category Management

                               Defining and implementing Category Management                     It is estimated that by employing a category
                               approaches.                                                       management approach to spend organisations can
                           •   Each spend category will be assigned a manager who                reduce spend by 10 – 20%.
                               will be the main point of contact with the directorates and   •   Facilitates a holistic view of spend within the centre
                               ensure that all category targets are met.                         which will help to reduce silo’d working, enable greater
                           •   Requires close working with the services to understand            social value and aid the implementation of category and
                               the desired outcomes as well as a deep knowledge of               commercial strategies.
                               the market place and trends.                                  •   Ensures that key stakeholders are represented at all
                           •   Maintaining close working relationships between                   times to create a balance between service delivery
                               Procurement and key stakeholders from the                         excellence and commercial excellence.
                               departments.

                           •   Procurement process & methodology.                            •   Standardised governance and processes ensures tighter
                           •   Defining, implementing and rolling out a strategic                control and greater visibility of total spend across the
Procurement Project

                               sourcing process, including standardised Procurement              council.
   Management

                               Governance Process across the organisation.                   •   Supports better use of resource where there is variation
                           •   Project Management of OJEU procurements, support to               in procurement activity levels.
                               middle tier procurements and visibility of self-serve         •   Full support around OJEU contracts ensures the council
                               activities (tiered based on value and complexity).                is making informed, risk based commercial and service
                                                                                                 based decisions in high areas of spend, whilst also
                                                                                                 operating within relevant regulatory parameters.

                           •   Providing guidance on creating and managing KPIs              •   By having strategic relationships with suppliers the
                           •   Tracking performance of highest tier contracts and                council can encourage innovative working and
Contract Management &

                               feeding back intel to the service as well as procurement          continuous improvement, working with the supply place
  Commercial Input

                               and category leads within the hub to inform future                to drive better value for money.
                               commercial activity.                                          •   As the Council moves away from transactional spend
                           •   Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): Defining,                 and the supply base is consolidated, remaining suppliers
                               implementing and rolling out a Supplier Relationship              can be tiered by spend / importance and a structure
                               Management (SRM) approach across the organisation.                created to determine how they should be managed i.e.
                                                                                                 governance structures and performance reporting.
                                                                                             •   This enables the Council to be a more intelligent buyer.

                           •   Maintaining procurement supporting systems and                •   A well designed procurement system sets the foundation
                               procurement tools & templates.                                    from which seamless processes can be constructed as
                           •   Maintaining contracts register and forward procurement            well as providing services with access to high quality 3rd
                               plan and providing analytical support such as spend               party spend data that can support and drive evidence-
     Systems & MI

                               analysis.                                                         based decision making.
                           •   Monitoring overall procurement performance and                •   An end-to-end system allows spend to be monitored
                               conducting KPI and savings reporting and reporting                through tracking contract baselines and PO compliance
                               against procurement plan.                                         as well as adoption of uniform templates and
                                                                                                 governance across the organisation.
                                                                                             •   Analytics are used to highlight opportunities and trends
                                                                                                 that would have otherwise been invisible.
9) Key Risks to Delivery

     Theme                      Risks                                     Mitigation
                   Is the organisation able to step up
                    to the challenge and will Council      The new Commercial Hub will support the
     Change         Departments be adaptive to new         change of culture across the organisation,
     Culture      ways of working from traditional silo     plus mentoring support of key individuals
                      working to more collaborative            will assist with the change process.
                              approaches.

                    Without accurate contracts and
                                                          Some manual workarounds are possible but
                   spend data it will be challenging to
                                                           very labour intensive and time consuming,
   Systems &      implement any commercial change
                                                             however investment in new systems to
     Data             as there will be insufficient
                                                              accelerate change and savings are
                  knowledge and visibility of external
                                                                  currently being investigated.
                                 spend.

                   Proactive category management          Peer reviews of cross cutting performance
  Organisation    will be challenging with the current      across the Council will be extremely
   Structure       directorate based organisational        powerful and deliver a single view from
                     structure which creates a silo        which to take informed decisions on all
                                approach.                           commercial matters.

                     There is a risk that the Council          The Commercial Hub will provide
                  lacks the skills required to manage       commercial support to service areas but
   Capacity &          its third party spend in the       there will still be a requirement for adequate
     Skills         commercial manner outlined and        operational contract management resource.
                   therefore the delivery of the policy    However, the Hub will provide training and
                            will be challenging.                coaching to upskill this resource.

                   Without an effective commercial
                                                            All ‘Key Decision’ level contracts will be
                   governance set-up, via buy-in to
                                                           reviewed at set stages of the commercial
                     the Joint Contracts Board, the
   Governance                                             cycle by the new Joint Contracts Board, i.e.
                    Council will lack the necessary
                                                           Commercial Strategy, Tender Award and
                   cross-Council decision making to
                                                                  Annual Performance Review.
                      deliver the required change.

                                                           Consolidating spend does not mean that it
                                                           will simply go to large organisations, with
                    Risk in the application of social      most of our spend actually still likely to be
                   value policy and recognition of the    with SME’s. However, SME’s will now have
                     need to be careful that greater       greater assurity and volumes of business
   Social Value      commercialisation of external        making them more sustainable. The Council
                  spend does not lead to all contracts      can also target smaller organisations as
                  via large corporates at the expense       part of Tier 2 (and below) supply chains
                            of local suppliers.           when designing a commercial strategy for a
                                                                             service.
10) Activity Planned Over the Next 24 Months

                                   Children, Adults and Public Health
                                                                       X39 Current major Projects
          17-18 Spend
                                        Est Active Contracts x200             worth £35M
    (Revenue/Capital) of £170M
                                                                        (excluding Better Lives)
                                     Upcoming Commercial Activity
     Parent Partnership Service               SEN Transport                    Carers Watch
        3 x Children's DPVs              Interpreting & Translation        Public Health Various
     School Meals contract in 59        Ealing Integrated Lifestyles
                                                                         Male Perpetrator Service
      primary & special schools         Services (One You Service)

                                         Provision of Independent
   Children's & Adults Substance
                                       Review Officers Looked After      Family Coaching Service
     Misuse treatment service
                                        Children and Care Leavers
                                                                         Commissioning stream for
           Adult Support                Independent Travel Support
                                                                              Better Lives
     Children’s Centres External                                        Better Lives support contract
                                               Healthwatch
          Contracts (EASE)                                                        (Impower)
                                        Moorland Court Extra Care
                                                                       Children & Adult Mental Health
   Children's Residential Services      Sheltered Housing Home
                                                                                  Service
                                                Support.
   Capital modernisation (summer
                                       Adoption and fostering shared
     works) and Major Capital
                                                  service
              projects

                               Environment and Customer Services
          17-18 Spend                                                  X17 Current major Projects
                                        Est Active Contracts x21
    (Revenue/Capital) of £64M                                                 worth £27M

                                     Upcoming Commercial Activity
            Out of Hours                         Highwire              Pitzhanger Service Agreement

             Stray Dogs                   Environmental Services             Gunnersbury Park

  Gunnersbury Park Sports Pavillion                MRF                      Community Centres

              Fencing                       Festival and Events                   Libraries
                                        Minor Civil Engineering and
          Parking Services                                                     Online Portal
                                          Highway Maintenance
     Environmental Enforcement            Gurnell Redevelopment                Waste LATCO

              Parking
10) Continued…

                                       Housing & Regeneration

                                                                         X17 Current major Projects
          17-18 Spend
                                        Est Active Contracts x 24        worth £22M Services / £80M
    (Revenue/Capital) of £120M
                                                                                  Capital
                                   Upcoming Commercial Activity
    Temporary Accommodation
                                             Digital Advertising           Property Security for Voids
            LATCO
           Cycle Training                     WiFi concession            Lift Maintenance & Installation
  Internal & External Refurbishment                                      Electrical Maintenance & Minor
                                          Estates and Valuations
                Works                                                            Works contract
  Planning Enforcement Service for      Garages commercialisation
                                                                               Capital Letters ICT
              Outhouses                          project
       Copley Close Phase 3                 Affordable Housing            Sustainability capital projects

   General Legal Advice Services             CCTV for housing              Home Improvements DPS

     Responsive Repairs (East)          Perceval House / Town Hall       Golf Links Estate Modernisation

     Responsive Repairs (West)          Selling workspaces to SMEs               Water Supplies

                                         Corporate Resources

          17-18 Spend                                                     X26 Current major Projects
                                        Est Active Contracts x 53
    (Revenue/Capital) of £41M                                                    worth £29M

                                   Upcoming Commercial Activity

          Energy Supplies                    Security Services                   Legal services

           Fabric Repairs                    Courier Services                     Agency Staff

           Access Control                 Off-site Record Storage                Digital Strategy

         Asbestos Services                    Printers & MFDs                      ICT Various
                                         Perceval House New Build
       Consultancy Services                                                  Procurement Systems
                                           Professional Services
       Construction Materials         Recruitment Advertising Services               Training
                                       Strategic and HR management
             Stationery                                                          Travel & Hotels
                                            consultancy services
                      Check Cabinet FWD PLAN TOO
                                 Apprenticeship Levy
              Banking                                                                 Fleet

                                                                           Outcome Reviews Delivery
   Treasury Consultancy Service          Cash Collection Services
                                                                                   Partner
11) Key Performance Indicators & Targets

                                       Year 1   Year 2    Year 3
       Target Description
                                        Goal     Goal      Goal

        On-Contract Spend %             70%      75%       80%

    Active apprenticeships within
                                        15+      25+       35+
             contracts

  LLW paid by suppliers in contracts
                                        60%      70%       80%
       (% of total contracts)

           Local Spend %                20%      25%       30%

            SME Spend                   65%      70%       75%

                     Challenging       0.5% +   0.75% +   1.00% +
   Supported
                      Standard         1.0% +    2.0% +   3.0% +
 Project Savings
                     Economical        2.5% +    3.5% +   5.0% +

        Strategic Sourcing –
                                         0        0         0
         bidder challenges

  % of spend covered by commercial
                                        60%      65%       70%
         / category strategies
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