Talking Points:
-Outlining the need for reform -- shortening and simplifying contracts
-The role of the
Government Procurement Service
-Providing staff with greater training in corporate services
-How has government transparency and ministerial support changed the way we need to procure goods and services?
-£3.75bn savings in first year through reforms
-Increasing the number of
SME's who obtain central government contracts
-Creating a balancing act between more SME contracts and
VFM
-The importance of market engagement prior to procurement
-Reforming the role and power of prime contractors
-Positively affecting the supply chain through new procurement practices
-The importance of payment through
GPC to support the supply chain through faster payments
-The key role of the third sector in delivering public services
Bio:
Sally Collier is
Executive Director of
Government Procurement
Policy and
Capability in the
Cabinet Office.
Sally's current portfolio sees her responsible for the
UK's procurement policy and process and central government's procurement capability.
Sally's agenda comprises leading on the development and implementation of
Government policy procurement initiatives on
Growth, negotiating a radical rethink of the public procurement directives, streamlining (Leaning) the procurement process, ensuring that more
SMEs participate in the government marketplace, and developing new innovative ways of raising procurement capability. Sally's career began in the private sector but having moved to the public sector in
1992 she has stayed! She has undertaken many different roles, most related to procurement or commercial in some way, save for a spell as
Change Director, integrating three organisations into one.
Sally has a postgraduate diploma in management and is a qualified and experienced programme manager.
- published: 21 Sep 2012
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