Driving a Culture of Innovation &

Enterprise with SMEs

- Closing Messages -

John Collington Chief Procurement Officer

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B

Our Strategy: Key Areas of Focus & Outcomes

Ministerial Buy In and Commitment

Deficit Reduction + Growth = The Burning Platform

Increase in spend through GPS

Higher % of CS trained staff

Deployment of enabling technology

Reduction in sourcing time & cost

More spend (25%) with SMEs

Credible pipelines to support SCM

Sustainable savings through CSR

Better perception of Procurement

Improving

Capability

Reducing

the Deficit

Supporting

Growth

Our Primary Purpose

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Progress to be Proud of Over the Past 12 Months………

Abolished PQQs for low value

procurements

Simplified the Procurement

process through ‘LEAN’

Developed & launched our new

G-’Cloud Store’ - 135 SMEs

Run regular ‘SME’ Panels to listen

and engage

Set up the ‘Mystery Shopper’

Introduced new technology:

‘Contracts Finder’ & ‘GeM’

Just some of the SMEs now contracting directly with HMG:

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Just Some of the SME Headlines to Date

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Whitehall's £1.1bn UK travel needs handed

to small business.

In a sign that the Government is serious

about handing more work to small

businesses, Whitehall.....has awarded the

domestic part of a potential £2.6bn contract

to Yorkshire-based Redfern Travel.

Friday 18th September 2011

Best So Far….

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Reducing Total Spend – Increasing Spend with SME’s

Overall, Central

Government spend is…

down on last year.

But our spend with

SMEs is…

on track to double.

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In Closing….

• For SME Suppliers

• For Large Suppliers

• For Procurement Professionals

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Thank you all for coming & your continued support!