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Criminal JusticeCommissioning and Collaboration
Rachel Rhodes, Commissioning & Procurement Adviser, NAVCANathan Dick, Local Development Team Leader, Clinks
Programme
The changing criminal justice commissioning landscape
Why collaborate and how
Understanding your market
Collaborating to deliver public services
The Commissioning Cycle
The changing criminal justice commissioning landscape
What’s the direction?
NOMS commissioning intentions
Competitive tendering and outcomes
Payment by results
Aggregated contracts VS. Localism
Who are the main players?
Probation trusts Police and Crime Commissioners Joining up the local commissioners Joint/Co-commissioning The Voluntary and Community Sector The Prime Providers
Where does this leave your organisation?
• What are the main challenges – threats and opportunities that your organisation faces?
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses that your organisation has in adapting to these changes.
Activity
Collaboration and where you are now
Collaboration
• What is it?• Common drivers and motives• Levels of collaboration
a cooperative arrangement in which two or more organisations (which may or may not have any previous relationship) work jointly towards a common goal.
Collaboration
Why? What is the driver?• Geographically larger contracts• Reduction in specialist services• Fewer grants• Opportunity to improve/join up services• Expand reach or impact• Savings/efficiencies• Collaborate to influence
Exploring collaboration, simple steps….
Clarify purpose of collaboration
Evaluate shape of opportunities
Decide structure & nature of collaboration
Explore options
Understand your organisational needs & priorities
On post-its:• A collaborative activity you currently undertake• The purpose of the collaboration
• Plot these on the collaboration spectrum.
Activity
Member of supported housing forum. Main purpose: influence commissioners
Subcontracted part of contract to work with males to another vol sector orgPurpose: to keep to our organisational aims
Changing strategic partnerships and decision makers
Considering the types of collaboration you currently undertake:
• Where do you have good links/representation?• Where is this lacking?• Are your collaborative working arrangements fit
for purpose?• Are they likely to be fit for purpose in the new
commissioning environment?
Understanding your market
Internal assessment
Market AppraisalWhat does your market look like?
Size Undeveloped / changing / growing / shrinking / sunset
Profitability not at all / low / high
Competition Highly competitive <----------> no competition
Type of competition Lots of small providers <-----> a few large providers
Customers Many <--------------> Few
Are opportunities..
• Changing• Plentiful or hard to come by• Profitable• Getting smaller – more personalised services• Getting bigger – joined up services• More competitive
Collaborating to deliver public services
Speculative
Responsive
Longer term collaboration, set up in advance with a wide membership and wide areas of activity
Shorter scale collaboration, set up in response to a particular opportunity with only relevant partners
What is a consortium:• Group of organisations who come together to win
contracts• Formal end of collaboration spectrum
‘Before you Begin’
• What would you give, what would you get?
• Why would you consider forming/joining a consortium?
Activity
Managing ProviderContractor
Managing Provider Provision of Services
Sub-contractors Provision of Services
Managing AgentContractor
Managing Agent
Sub-contractors Provision of Services
Special Purpose Vehicle
•‘Super provider’ SPV•Social enterprise with own board•Constituted & incorporated•Prime contractor•Hub and spokes model
Super Provider( support unit)
Tender
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What benefits or risks are there with the 3 different consortia
models?
Stages of consortium development
Internal assessment
Exploration
Negotiation
planning
delivery
Review
1. Internal assessment
Why do you exist?
Do you need to collaborate?
What does the future hold?
If so, what are you collaborating for?One or two areas of activity
Everything
What are you strengths / weaknesses
2. Exploration
Who can add value to your mission?Do they exist?
Do you know each other?
Are they open to collaboration with you or others?
Do you share culture, values, delivery methods?
3. Planning
Due diligence Leading to a formal agreement / partnership agreement covering:
Who does what – roles & responsibilities
Communications
Decision making & dispute resolution
Investment & resources
Costs
Branding
Location
4. Delivery
Integrating different deliveryCreating a coherent service for service users
Monitoring
Management costs & overheads
Underperforming partners?
5. Review
What is the success of collaboration
Outcomes
What next
Deeper integration or exit strategy?
Tendering collaboratively
Who will submit a PQQ?
Who will write the tender?
What evidence & policies do you need?
Will you/others hedge your bets?
Do you need sub-contract agreements?
What risk is the lead bidder willing to take?
What next?
• Recap – main benefits, key risks
• What further support /resources do you require?
• Links to other resources
Nathan Dick
Local Development Team Leader, Clinks
Rachel Rhodes
Commissioning & Procurement Adviser, NAVCA
www.navca.org.uk/lcpu
