GLOSSARY
REPORTS AND WHITEPAPERS
PROCUREMENT PRACTICES
VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES
WRAP – WORKING TOGETHER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT WASTE
Reports and Whitepapers
Reports and Whitepapers
Reports and Whitepapers
Public Private Partnerships – “Public private partnerships are defined as bringing the public and private sectors together in long-term partnerships for mutual benefit”. Read more…
The UK public sector concept of commissioning – “The term ‘commissioning’ is widespread in the UK public sector and the role of the commissioner has existed for years in most central government departments, particularly in the National Health Service (NHS)”. Read more…
Seven Challenges Facing The Public Sector Procurement Community – Read more…
I-INNOVATE – A structured quantitative questionnaire was used to collect the data from purchasing professionals from a wide range of public and private sector organisations throughout the UK. Read more…
Commissioning – The term ‘commissioning’ is widespread in the UK public sector and the role of the commissioner has existed for years in most central government departments, particularly in the National Health Service (NHS). Read more…
Does PFI encourage or inhibit sustainable procurement? – PFI, as with other forms of Public Private Partnership (PPP), is a means of bringing together the public and private sectors to work together in long term partnerships to best utilise the assets and skills of both sectors with the aim of creating better value for money for taxpayers. Read more…
Engaging with the third sector – This guide is designed to help predominantly, but not exclusively, public sector procurement professionals to engage with the third sector for the procurement or commissioning of mainly services. Read more…
Private Finance Initiatives – Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a means of bringing together the public and private sectors to work together in long-term partnerships which best utilise the assets and skills of both sectors, with the aim of creating better value for money for taxpayers. PFI entails transferring the risks associated with public service projects to the private sector, in part or in full. Read more…
Freedom of information act – Although the scope of the FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) is potentially very broad in application it applies to ‘all’ ‘information’ held by ‘public authorities’. Furthermore it is retrospective in effect. It applies to existing information as well as to information created after 1st January 2005. Read more…
Using Local Suppliers – Whilst the sourcing choice, whether in the private or in the public sector, should usually be based on value for money and the most economically advantageous option, having first taken factors such as security and continuity of supply into account, buyers should also give careful consideration to the benefits as well as the disadvantages of choosing local suppliers. Read more…
A short history of procurement -Procurement is an old profession, yet it has attracted little attention from historians. Certainly not nearly as much as another profession with the same name and with which it is sometimes confused! Read more…
UWE, CIPS & KPMG (2002) I-SAVE: Independent savings analysis verification and evaluation – The I-SAVE Phase 2 questionnaire was sent to over 800 purchasing managers, including CIPS members. Responses were received from a wide range of public and private sector organisations. It identified organisations, which have achieved improvements in various elements of their procure to pay process and have gained a better understanding of how much they have improved and what key enablers they employed. Read more…
BuyIT: Framework for effective purchasing – Effective purchasing is critical to the sustained success of any organisation. This is as true in the public sector as in the private. For example, in the Government Efficiency Review, Purchasing has been identified as the area to make the largest contribution to the overall savings. Read more…
CIPS: Carbon footprints in your business – Stakeholder scrutiny, together with European Union legislation have focused minds. Private sector companies that do not meet their environmental responsibilities may see their sales and share prices affected. The UK Government are requiring the public sector to lead by example. Read more…
CIPS: Tendering and Post Tender Negotiation – DEFINITION Tendering can be defined as the public release by an organisation of the requirements of goods or services for a project in order to allow formal bids to be made to supply these goods or services. Read more…
BuyIT: IT outsourcing – Today, IT outsourcing is an increasingly important strategy for organisations. Many are either currently outsourcing key portions of their IT infrastructure – or considering doing so in the near future. Read more…
Successful e-Tendering – e-tendering portals and systems can help with ensuring that the process and proper procedures are followed regarding the type of tender as described above. Read more…
University of the West of England and CIPS. i-Source – Summary of Academic Research into the Adoption of E-Sourcing Tools / Techniques Within the UK Procurement Community. Read more…
CIPS: Coding and classification: maximising returns from purchasing data – The importance of purchasing coding and classification to business Marketing, selling, sourcing, and purchasing rely increasingly on automated or Internet based business models and systems to meet the goal of maximum operational effectiveness and efficiency. Read more…
CIPS: Sustainable Procurement – Sustainable procurement can be defined as “A process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, construction works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money on a whole-life basis in terms of generating benefits not only to the organisation, but also to society and the economy, whilst remaining with the carrying capacity of the environment”. Read more…
Technological changes and the impact on P&SM; professionals in transformational Government – The following case study is not uncommon in many organisations both within the public and private sector. It was therefore necessary for Government to pool resources and take action. Read more…
Separation of Duties – The term separation of duties means that the processes involved in P & SM are divided between two or more people so that no one person is responsible for the entire purchasing process. Find out more…
Supplier diversity – As a concept ‘supplier diversity’ is frequently taken to mean any initiative to broaden an organisation’s supply base, for example by increasing the number of suppliers with whom the organisation does business. Find out more…
CIPS Australia: Supply chain fraud – Fraud in the news A hotel storeman from Perth was arrested last year after he allegedly purchased electrical equipment on behalf of his employing company and on-sold the products. Find out more…