JISC Advance WBL Procurement Projectwww.gemforwbl.ac.uk

RSC London

3 May 2013

Steve Durham

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JA WBL Procurement Project

• Project is funded by Dept of BIS and started in December 2011.

• It aims to support the work based learning sector which does not have access to consortia type purchasing agreements which are widely available to colleges, schools and universities.

• The goal is to establish agreements for wbl providers to facilitate cost savings and access to best value contracts.

JA WBL Procurement Project

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Project has three key objectives-

•To establish a consortium based approach to purchasing for the work based learning sector.

•To provide an electronic market place GeM, for WBL providers.

•To negotiate agreements for high value items such as Awarding Organisations.

• Why is purchasing of goods and services important for training organisations ?

• On average about 40% of income spent on bought in goods and services (other 60% staff costs).

• Organisations undertaking a purchasing review usually show savings in excess of 10%.

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How much can you save ? consider these price variations from the Green Report on Procurement by Government Departments in 2010, for the same spec items:

Box of paper £8-£73

Printer cartridges £86-£398

Laptop computers £353-£2000

Car hire daily rate £27-£119.

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• The Project has made available a number of supplier agreements from early 2013 to providers in the WBL sector.

• To deliver the Project we are working in partnership with several organisations in the sector which include Greater Manchester Learning Provider Network (www.gmlpn.co.uk) AELP and @ukplc.

• Spend analysis exercise has given us a shopping list of high spend items.

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First suppliers on the website are-

• Office Depot

• Pennine Telecom

• Red Flag Alert

• One File

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www.gemforwbl.ac.uk

• This service is provided on a free and no obligation basis to training providers.

• More suppliers will be added to website

marketplace in next few weeks.

• We can present this information to your groups or individual organisations.

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Further information

Contact Steve Durham at-

steve.durham@jiscadvance.ac.uk

Mobile: 0772 853 2932

Website: www.gemforwbl.ac.uk

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