North West Centre of Excellence

News Update

Week Ending 3rd March 2006

Goodbye and Good Luck to Shelley

Shelley Timpson leaves the NWCE on 9^th March to begin a new job as Carers Development Officer for Tameside MBC. Shelley has been with the NWCE for over a year, and has proved an extremely valuable and popular member of the team. We are all disappointed to see her leave, and I’m sure that everyone who has met Shelley will join us in wishing her the best of luck in her future career.

Framework contract for Plastic Wheeled Bins

Please click here for details of the framework contracts for plastic wheeled bins emanating from the reverse e-auction held at Warrington at the end of January. If you require any further information please contact Stuart Sykes, Commissioning & Procurement Manager, Corporate Services Directorate, Warrington Borough Council, tel: 01925 443906 / email: ssykes@warrington.gov.uk

EVENTS

Health and Social Care Programme Board – Next Meeting

The next meeting of this programme board has been arranged for Thursday 1^st June 2006 at 10.00am at Manchester Town Hall, Committee Room 1.  Comprehensive directions are attached.  Lunch will be provided following the meeting.  An agenda will be distributed to programme board members nearer the time.

For further information please contact Beverley Brooks at NWCE.

Helping Middle Managers deliver efficiencies –

A subsidised capacity and skills programme for the North West

We would like to remind you about this valuable training event taking place around the region next week (13^th March).  Please note this is free of charge.

This course is aimed at Middle Managers who are responsible for signing off spend, but who do not actively participate in procurement.  It will help improve basic procurement skills and awareness e.g. role of procurement cycle, business case, managing supplier relations etc.  It will also help with understanding of how budgets are spent and how to apply correct procurement tools and techniques to ensure EU regulations are not breached.

A number of councils within the North West are undertaking Purchase Spend Analysis – this helps analyse uncontrolled spend under the council’s tender limit.  Many of these councils are finding that large areas of their authority are breaching EU regulations and not using resources effectively.

Please follow this link http://www.nwce.gov.uk/4psmiddletier.htm for further information and to access the flyer and booking form.   To register for the event either complete the booking form, or contact Kate.Layton@4ps.gov.uk.

 

EVENTS CALENDAR

For further information about the above events please click here, or email NWCE.