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Transforming Public Procurement stakeholder webinars
Following the recent confirmation that we are working towards a ‘go live’ date for the new regime of Monday 28 October, Cabinet Office would like to invite all stakeholders to join them for a series of update webinars. The webinars will provide an update on key Transforming Public Procurement programme (TPP) milestones, go over the Learning and Development (L&D) offer, give updates, and provide overviews on the Central Digital Platform and the new Procurement Review Unit whilst discussing what to expect over the next six months and how best to prepare.
You will have the opportunity to ask questions of the Transforming Public Procurement team. Registration for the webinar events is via the links below, places are however limited.
Please select the event that you wish to attend from the following options:
The suite of L&D offer can be found on the Transforming Public Procurement landing page. For other matters, please email procurement.reform@cabinetoffice.gov.uk with a clear subject line title.
LGA Transforming Public Procurement landing page
We’ve also updated our own Transforming Public Procurement landing page which collates all the TPP news from a local government perspective, signposting you to all the latest events, webinars, as well as information on being nominated as a superuser and making contact with your local regional points of contact (Mini-SPOCS).
Tussell - Transforming Public Procurement Podcast
The 2023 Procurement Act represents the biggest change in procurement legislation in a generation, Tussell sat down with Shailee Howard - Principal Associate at procurement law experts, Mills & Reeve - to learn all about the key changes being introduced by the Act, and what contracting authorities need to know ahead of October 2024.
Reinforcing the benefits of the Cabinet Office’s L&D resources and information towards the end of the podcast to help you prepare for the changes ahead.
Placements for children in care resource
Where a child is in the care of the council, it is vital they feel safe and are able to thrive where they live. To support councils and councillors with this we've published a guide dedicated to exploring the key legislation, policies and good practice for providing quality placements for children in care.
Border Target Operating Model update
The government announced that it is making changes to the way the UK imports food, animal and plant products in order to improve biosecurity.
Products which present a ‘medium’ risk to our biosecurity will now undergo identity and physical checks. Additionally, ‘high risk’ goods will now be checked at the border, where before they were checked at destination.
The government is also launching today two new pilots which will test whether businesses can carry out checks away from the border. The changes being implemented today are part of the Border Target Operating Model.
ACT in a BOX exercises for businesses and voluntary organisations
The National Counter Terrorism Security Office has launched ACT in a BOX, a digital interactive tool that enables businesses and voluntary organisations to rehearse and explore their response to a terrorist incident. It provides the opportunity for businesses to increase their preparedness and staff awareness, and support wider community resilience.
Councils are encouraged to share this information as appropriate.
LGA secondment opportunity – Interim Director of Strategy and Reform
The LGA is offering an exciting secondment opportunity for an Interim Director of Strategy and Reform, a new role to help set the strategic direction of the LGA as an organisation and as the representative body for local government.
This is a key leadership role working with the Chief Executive, the political leadership of the LGA and the wider Strategic Management Team to ensure the LGA has an ambitious, deliverable, evidence-based model to achieve public service reform.
Recruitment closes at 12pm on Friday 17 May.
May and June | meetups | Virtual
14 May, 1pm - 4pm | Virtual event
16 May 2024 | Liverpool Exhibition Centre
Thursday 23 May 2024, 10:30am to 12:00pm | Virtual
Tuesday 11 June 2024, 10.00am to 11.45am | Officers roundtable
15 -17 October 2024 | In person and virtual
27 - 29 November 2024 | Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) Liverpool
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