Public Procurement 2022: Towards Continuous Commercial Improvement Across the Public Sector
Online Event 17 May 2022, 9:00am - 3:00pm
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9:00am
Online Registration
9:30am
Chair's Welcome Address
9:40am
Keynote Address: Rooting Out and Improving Resilience to Fraud and Corruption in a £357 billion Industry
- Insights into the latest reforms and how these are tackling fraud and corruption through transparency, competition and objective criteria in decision-making
- Recognising that corruption in public procurement not only costs the taxpayer money but also reduces the quality of delivery
- Updates on the most recent and effective tools in detecting corruption
- Strategies to improve and maintain resilience against fraud and corruptions throughout the procurement life-cycle and across local and national government
John Penrose MP, Prime Ministers Anti-Corruption Champion
10:00am
Keynote Address: Local Authority Capacity And Capability Challenges In The Context Of A Continued And Increasing Focus On Commercial Activities And Reformed Procurement Legislation
Howel Jones, Local Partnerships
10:20am
Seminar: Getting Greater Commercial Value By Thinking Differently – Leveraging Emerging Technology And Services To Better Commission And Manage Your Supply Chain
Jon Milton, Director, Comensura, and Charles Austin, Client Solutions Director, Comensura
10:30am
Questions And Answers Session
10:40am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Keynote Address: Maximising the Value Of NHS Procurement
- Exploring the challenges and opportunities in adopting Value Based Procurement to improve patient outcomes, increase efficiency and deliver sustainable cost reduction across the NHS
- Sharing the outputs of the NHS Supply Chain Value Based Procurement project, including examples of how supplier engagement and technology has supported the transition from inpatient to days case procedures.
- Offering practical advice to assist NHS Trusts in recognising value within supplier propositions
Brian Mangan, Value Based Procurement (VBP) Lead, NHS Supply Chain
11:55am
Keynote Address: Maximising Social Value from Public Sector Procurement
- Social Value Act 10 years on – where are we now?
- How to measure SV
- How public sector organisations are seeking SV in procurements
- Ensuring benefits realisation
Terry Brewer, Social Value Portal
12:15pm
Keynote Address: Addressing Social Value and Labour Issues Through Transforming Public Procurement: Insights from the Medical Gloves Sector and NHS Procurement
- Acknowledge the importance of incorporating social value, including labour standards, into public procurement;
- Consider problems of modern slavery in the public sector’s supply chains, and how they can be tackled through changing public procurement principles and procedures;
- Draw on insights from research on forced labour in the medical gloves sector supplying the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic to demonstrate some of these labour issues and the potential for public procurement to address them more effectively.
Professor Alex Hughes, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:50pm
Lunch and Networking Break
1:40pm
Keynote Address: Continuous Improvement Through Sustainability: The Power of Partnership
Dr Fiona Adshead, Chair, Sustainable Healthcare Coalition
2:10pm
Keynote Address: How To Make The Platform Economy Work For Public Procurement
- The procurement paradigm today – Two seemingly disconnected worlds
- B2B platforms emerge as natural greenkeepers
- Platform mechanisms for sustainable B2B: A transformative mission worth every effort
Dr Bernd Schönwälder, Board Member and Managing Director, Unite
2:30pm
Closing Keynote: Local Government in Focus
- Insights and updates on what the reform process has meant and will mean for local governments and what adaptations are being undertaken
- Learn strategies to deliver value for money and efficiency when demand for services is rising whilst resources are reducing
- Achieve great social value objectives by improving the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of an area
- Explore different ways to remain efficient whilst meeting ambitious carbon emissions with a renewed focus on green and sustainable procurement processes
Martin Reeves, Chief Executive, Coventry City Council
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close