Institute for Competition and
Procurement Studies (ICPS)
Professor Dermot Cahill
ICPS Director, and Director of the
Winning In Tendering Project
28th March 2012
The Institute for Competition
and Procurement Studies (ICPS)
aims:
‘To produce evidence-based world class
research, in order to influence the uptake of
innovative public procurement policies which
remove the barriers to small indigenous
suppliers (SISs) engaging efficiently and
effectively in the public procurement process’.
History
• The Institute receives excellent cooperation from its
partners when carrying out national and international
projects.
• TenderWise (2004 – 2008)
• Barriers to Procurement (2009)
• Welsh Government Economic Appraisal (2011)
• Winning In Tendering (2010 – 2013)
• Transnational Ecosystem Laboratory & Actions (TESLA)
(2012)
• Barriers to Procurement Projects (2012)
• EU Ombudsman
• The Quality of Feedback Provided by Suppliers
• EU Compliance
Winning In Tendering
A Strategic Project
• Low Value Procurement - Transparent,
Competitive and Fair
• Public Procurement Law – Remedies Regime
• Tender Review Service
• Higher Level Skills via Winning In Tendering
• Executive LLM Public Procurement Law and
Strategy
Winning In Tendering
Responding to
Business Needs
• Federation of Small Businesses
– Long Tendering Processes
– Confusing Documentation
– Lack of Feedback
• Confederation of Business Industry
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Framework Opportunities
Cost of PQQs
Lack of Feedback
Training of Purchasers
Economic & Political
‘Think Tank’
• UK GDP decreased from 1.7% to 0.9% (2011)
• 2011 – 193,010 (94.5%) micro businesses in
Wales
• If SMEs could win 1% more work from the Public
Sector, that creates 2000 extra jobs in Wales.
• Public Sector spends 4.3 billion pounds
• … ICPS seeks to promote this relationship…
• Public – Private – Political
• Aiming to improve the Economic Landscape
Procurement
Professionals
• Help you benefit from better quality offerings
from suppliers save you valuable resources, via
innovative, lean procurement methods that are
designed to improve procurement processes
whilst staying within the boundaries of the law.
• Assist you in the design of tender
documentation,
• Increase the skills of your procurement staff
through a number of innovative high level
certified training programmes
Suppliers
• Help you improve your tendering skills and win
those elusive contracts.
• Work with you to ensure that you only tender for
contracts that you have a realistic chance of
winning
• Assist you in accessing and winning lower value
contracts
• Help you to identify weaknesses in your
tendering skills and how to go about improving
them through high level certified training
programmes
Leading Academics
’To produce evidence-based world class research, in order to
influence the uptake of innovative public procurement
policies which remove the barriers to small indigenous
suppliers (SISs) engaging efficiently and effectively in the
public procurement process’.
• Informing both procurers and suppliers about our work, we
are also keen to broadcast and share our findings with the
wider academic community (both within the UK and
Internationally).
• If you wish to work with us on procurement
policy/law/practice/training related projects we
encourage you to contact one of our team today.
Economic & Political
‘Think Tank’
Institute for
Competition and
Procurement
Studies
PUBLIC,
PRIVATE,
ACADEMIC,
COLLABORATIONS
EVIDENCE – BASED
RESEARCH,
INNOVATIVE,
NEW IDEAS
INFLUENCING
POLICY
WHILST
SOLVING
CHALLENGING
PROBLEMS
Collaborative Working
• Collaboration (Public & Private Sector)
– SMEs, Large Organisations, and Multi-nationals
– Wales, UK, Europe and further afield
• Mott MacDonald
– Evidence Based Research
– Joint Research Projects
– Lecturing Opportunities
– Student & Staff Internships
A New Partnership
ICPS – Mott MacDonald
• 14,000 staff, 140 countries, £1 billion turnover (both public and
private)
• 6th consecutive year Mott MacDonald is featured in the prestigious
2012 Sunday Times Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For Survey
– one of only four companies to appear six years running.
• At 22nd, Mott MacDonald is the only top ranked multi-disciplinary
consultancy and engineering company on this year’s list and the
only employee owned company to feature.
• The company was also runner up in the training and development
special awards category. This is presented to the organisation
“whose workforce feels that they are provided with the opportunity
for growth and progression, supported by structured training and
personal development.”
In Conclusion
• Siemens, Watkin Jones, Aerospace Wales,
Welsh Automotive Forum, PSL (Cymru),
Magnox and Mott MacDonald
• Procurement Week 2012, to follow: