How do we manage our procurement of goods and services?

Welsh Government procurement teams.

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First published:

23 February 2021

Last updated:

28 July 2022

links with the UK government to ensure that there is no misalignment between the UK Procurement Reform Bill which focuses on procurement processes and the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill which focuses on social outcomes of procurement
provides procurement policy advice, set standards and checks outcomes against delivery
works to add social value, improve value for money, and drive best practice internally and across the Welsh public sector.

provides best practice advice on procurement and commercial governance for departments within the Welsh Government.
contract manages large non-ICT contracts
works closely with departments across the Welsh Government, providing advice and guidance for all procurement activity and hands on support on tender activity over £25,000.

Is split into 2 teams:

provides procurement advice, support/governance for internal Digital and ICT procurements
delivers Digital/ICT framework agreements and ongoing contract management on behalf of the Welsh public sector
delivers the eProcurement Digital Action Plan and contract manage the eProcurement tools used across Wales
leads the discovery exercise to establish a centre of procurement excellence for Wales

completes a range of management information, analysis and business information activities to support both internal and external customers
links into strategic requirements from the ‘Digital Strategy for Wales’, Digital Action Plan & ‘Wales Procurement Policy Statement’, to provide single version of the truth BI reporting.

Split into 2 teams:

works with the wider public sector including local authorities and the Welsh NHS to develop and deliver collaborative national framework agreements
puts policy into practice and aims to deliver the best deal for the Welsh public sector embracing social value and value for money

supports a programme of wider procurement capability development, leading on the development of courses and skills building to support the Welsh public sector.

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