The Seven Force Strategic Collaboration Programme was established in 2015 and is working across the Eastern Region to develop and implement successful collaborative solutions to protect the front-line local delivery of policing. The Programme covers a geographic area of more than 9,000 square miles, serving nearly 8 million residents. This makes it one of the most ambitious police partnership programmes ever undertaken.
The Seven Force Procurement Team is a new shared procurement service supporting the 7 police forces across the east of England. This collaboration is responsible for third party spend of approximately £230m per annum, making the 7 Force Collaboration the second largest police procurement collective after the Metropolitan Police. Procurement influence on this scale has the potential to attract significant financial benefits through market shaping and economies of scale. This also enables 7 Forces to use its buying power to secure wider social, economic and environmental benefits
In this webinar, Esther discussed the importance of collaborating in public procurement, how social value and sustainability play an increasingly important part in procurement delivery and how suppliers can ensure that their offering has sufficient value for all partners in a collaborative venture.
By attending you will
• Understand how collaboration promotes social value and sustainability.
• Learn strategies for ensuring supplier offerings provide value for collaborative ventures.
• Explore how the Procurement Act supports buyer-supplier collaboration.
• Enhance your knowledge of the evolving procurement landscape.
• Identify relevant opportunities.
