Commissioning

• Introduction
• For Providers
  • Policy Development
  • Contracts vs Grants
  • Finance issues
  • Securing Contracts - Case Study
  • Networks
  • Tools
  • Value for money
  • Resources - Collaboration
  • Consortia - Case Study
  • Sources of support
  • Resources - Loans
  • HR issues
  • The Tender Process
• For Commissioners
• Partnership/Consortia resources
• Sector specific resources
• Quality
• West Yorkshire local information

Networks

NOMS National Provider Network

See website http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/noms/

Supply2health

NHS Supply2Health is an online resource that advertises opportunities to provide Part B clinical services commissioned by the NHS in England. 

See website http://www.supply2health.nhs.uk/default.aspx

Business Link (Finance and Grants information)

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.s=tl&topicId=1073858790

Business Link Contract Finder support can be found at:: http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/?

SCMS

This website has been introduced by the Yorkshire and the Humber Centre of Excellence  (YHCoE), and is designed to give you (suppliers, contractors, consultants, service providers, etc.) the information you need to be able to trade more easily with the Councils in the region.

In addition to providing guidance and advice in all matters relating to the procurement processes Councils currently use, it also gives you direct access to a wide variety of procurement opportunities across the region

See website http://scms.alito.co.uk/

Skills Funding Agency -Guidance note 7: April 2011

Guidance note 7 covers procurement and contracting arrangements, information on the Adult Skills Budget, alignment with the Young People’s Learning Agency, an update on Apprenticeships, information on the use of electronic records, and guidance on the removal of wage costs following the abolition of Train to Gain.

See website: http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/providers/allthelatest/guidancenotes/

DWP

This section explains how organisations can find information on upcoming commercial opportunities within DWP, and how to become a DWP supplier. See website http://www.dwp.gov.uk/supplyingdwp/doing_business_with_dwp/selling_to_dwp.asp  

HM Prison Service

Procurement for HM Prison Service has to be the best possible because almost half of our annual turnover is connected with supplies, services and works from external providers. Everybody involved in procurement, both internal and external, must be clear about the high standards that are expected in the way we do business and have ready access to the information they require. This site has been put in place to help achieve that objective and will grow to become an ever more valuable resource.

See website http://procurement.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/

Home Office (Tenders)

There are three different Home Office sites containing information about home office tenders, these are:

For Home Office and UK Border Agency tenders visit:: https://sourcing.homeoffice.gov.uk
For National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA); Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and Identity and Passport Service (IPS) tenders visit::
https://npia.bravosolution.co.uk
For Ministry of Justice (MoJ) events visit:: https://justice.bravosolution.co.uk

Young People’s Learning Agency,

Updates on Apprenticeships, information on the use of electronic records, and guidance on the removal of wage costs following the abolition of Train to Gain. Can be found at: http://skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/providers/allthelatest/guidancenotes/

West Yorkshire Police (Commissioning)

 The site has a useful section on ‘how to do with business with us’ at:: http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/?Page=111|Business+and+Tenders