The withdrawal of Local Authority services presents the need for schools to find good value like-for-like alternatives. Do your SLT understand their responsibilities? Do your team have the right skills to deliver value for money procurement? Have you got a procedure and buying framework set up?
This is a one-day Procurement Event designed for people involved in, responsible for and accountable for a school's procurement. These can be defined as the School Leadership Team, Heads, Deputy Heads, School Business Managers and Governors.
This programme will help you answer these questions and many more. The programme will -
- Give an introduction to school based procurement
- Define the roles and responsibilities in school
- Clarify the steps that should be undertaken and provide delegates with a checklist
- Provide an overview of the procurement cycle and highlight the potential pitfalls
- Highlight the necessary EU legislation and other legal parameters that must be adhered to
- Identify ways to help your school save money when procuring products and services
- Enable the school to create good quality specification briefs and evaluation criteria
Outcomes and Benefits
- Opportunity to share best practice and gain insights
- Gain practical tools and experiences to execute a school procurement policy
- Enable the school to create accurate specification briefs and evaluation criteria
- Undertake buying exercises to assist in role and responsibility definition
- Understand the necessary steps to ensure your school is delivering value for money
Location and Dates
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Exeter - Thursday, 3rd May, 2012
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Durham - Thursday, 24th May, 2012
Times
Start: 0900 for 0915
Finish: 1600
Costs
NASBM Members £115
Non-Members £145
The event fee includes lunch, refreshments and an extensive toolkit for delegates to take away.
This event has been developed to allow more than one member of a school to attend and all receive benefits on their individual role in the school procurement process.
For further information or to book please visit the NASBM website and click on Conferences/Procurement Events. Or contact Julia Warmington on 01788 573300
