1.0Atebion Solutionshttps://www.atebionsolutions.co.uk/cy/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="w6EuC54vza"><a href="https://www.atebionsolutions.co.uk/cy/2017/03/22/rewriting-the-public-procurement-playbook/">Rewriting the Public Procurement Playbook</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.atebionsolutions.co.uk/cy/2017/03/22/rewriting-the-public-procurement-playbook/embed/#?secret=w6EuC54vza" width="600" height="338" title="“Rewriting the Public Procurement Playbook” — Atebion Solutions" data-secret="w6EuC54vza" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.atebionsolutions.co.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.atebionsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/The-Crystal-London-2017.jpg350148This article featured as a White Paper for Procurement Week 2017, where Steve Robinson was a speaker on Social Care Trends The well documented and seemingly incessant budgetary pressure squeezing the UK public sector tends to be top of every public sector manager’s priority list. Most organisations recognise that effectively managed procurement can be key to delivering savings and greater value. However, if you talk to anybody working in UK public sector procurement some other common themes and challenges will very quickly emerge.   Most public sector organisations are experiencing a loss of experienced procurement staff who are not being replaced. This means that Procurement Teams are juggling ever increasing pressures and expectations from both their own organisations, and national policy makers, to not only deliver efficiency savings, but to deliver a wider range of policy objectives including community benefits / social value, as well as ensuring compliance EU Procurement Directives. If all this sound too familiar, then this short article provides a quick snapshot of how the City of Cardiff Council’s Procurement Team has responded to these competing pressures.   In 2011 the Council strengthened the capability and capacity of corporate procurement resources through the creation of a new […]