22 July 2024
Ashley Shelbrooke, HEPA and Project Specialist
Here at HEPA we have been delighted to welcome our new Deputy Chair, Amy Noble, Director of Procurement at the University of Liverpool. Members can find out more about Amy here!
The Cabinet Office have shared a very handy information sheet which you may find useful when completing the Transforming Public Procurement eLearning and / or booking Deep Dive sessions. You can download the resource here, which contains useful screenshots and step-by-step instructions. A couple of things to remember:
As part of the Transforming Public Procurement L&D programme, HEPA is provided with an eLearning module progress report and a Deep Dive booking status report by the Cabinet Office. If you would like to review this information then please do let me know.
The Cabinet Office are continuing to update their guidance documents relating to the Procurement Act 2023 which are separated into the manage, plan, define and procure stages. You can view the most up-to date suite of guidance on gov.uk here.
Bookings are open for the next set of Communities of Practice throughout summer and into September. The scheduled sessions cover the Central Digital Platform, frameworks / Dynamic Markets, transition and plenty of other topics. Find out more and secure your place here.
We are pleased to share two resources from the RPG:
UKUPC Responsible Procurement Network and the RPG are collaborating on a review of the UKUPC Risk Analysis Matrix with a view to better align it with the Supply Chain Code of Conduct. We are seeking input from both users of the current matrix and anyone who has not used it but might be interested in doing so in the future. Please provide feedback via this very short survey by 31st July.
We are also seeking volunteers to support the risk classification work. This would involve working with a sub-group on one of the four themes: Social Compliance, Working Environment & Terms, Ethical Compliance & Economic Development or Environmental Compliance; to determine relevant risks, the considerations that feed into the classification and the level of risk. If you would be interested in supporting this activity, please contact sarah.dye@nwupc.ac.uk – again – by 31st July.