Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Savings through smart procurement

The West Midlands Procurement Hub is currently delivering savings of £3 million per year to local authorities in the region.

Set up by Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM), the hub is an information sharing tool for procurement officers in the region’s 33 councils.

It gives them access to:
  • a contracts database consisting of ‘live’ contractual arrangements that can be used immediately

  • Collaboration Corner – an online matching service to find possible collaborative partners

  • The Procurement Library holding a selection of standard documents and guidance

  • an events and training calendar offering online registration to events

  • The Society of Procurement Officers (SOPO) forum, to which procurement questions can be posted and answered

  • Suppliers Corner where current tendering opportunities in the region’s councils are displayed.


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