Procurement Process

Elizabeth Lucas, MSc, MCIPS

Head of Procurement

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Authority aims and objectives

• Caerphilly County Borough Council -Serious about

the local Community and the benefits it brings.

(Corporate objectives).

– Local Procurement

– Compliant contracting

– Value for Money

Cost v Quality

Informing the Supplier base

• Open the markets

• Market intelligence

• Better supply chains

Open and Fair Competition –

SME Development

• 99% of Welsh businesses are SME’s

• Mixed economy of Suppliers

• A Need• Training/development

• Confidence

• Trust

Tender Process

• Electronic /Paper based

• End user requirements v supplier availability

• Tender Days

• Sustainable procurement process

• Equality policy

Contract Award

• Cost / Quality matrix

• Sustainability issues

• Environmental issues

• Lots

• Secondary suppliers

Results

Meat PilotFull EU procurement Meat Tender

Print Tender - 9 Local suppliers

Project Acquisition

Toner Cartridges

Outcomes

• Sustainable procurement

• Regeneration

• Sense of achievement

• Sense of working together

“Working together for the good of all”