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1. Newport City Council sign MOU
2.
Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and
Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI)
3.
eTradingWales
Change Request Process
4. Training Programme Winter 2016 now available
5. Procserve Re-branding
6. Procurement Policy Note
7. Vacancies
Newport City
Council are the latest organisation within the Local Government Sector to sign
an eTrading Wales Change Programme MOU ( Will Godfrey, pictured above, is the Newport
City Council Chief Executive and is also Chairman of Procurement Board.
Richard Leake, Acting
Procurement Manager, said “Newport City Council see the engagement with the ePS
eTrading Wales Change Programme as a key catalyst in escalating our use of
electronic P2P tools. In particular, for this project, the use of eInvoicing as
a mechanism to improve process efficiency at a time when Council resources are
under increasing pressure. Electronic trading and support from the Value Wales
eProcurement Service and its Service Providers is essential to meet this aim,
and the expertise and drive from all involved in the project is fundamental in
developing this objective. Without the support and funding through Welsh
Government in further developing our e-Capability, these essential improvements
would prove far more challenging.”
The EU
is inviting calls for applications for funding to support PCP and PPI
competitions.
Deadlines
for submissions run through February to April 2016 and further details are
available at the link below:
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/news/calls-eu-funding-opportunities-pre-commercial-procurement-and-public-procurement-innovative
The new eTrading Wales change request process provides buying organisations with the opportunity to
request additional features, functionality or development work in the Procserve
Portal environment.
Buying
organisations can submit requests to the ePS team using the change request form
Change
requests can be discussed with your ePS lead or you can submit the form via
email to eProcurementService@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
Please add your organisations name & eTradingWales Change Request in the
title of the email.
Requests are reviewed and discussed at regular service
management meetings with Procserve. The ePS team will provide feedback directly to the buying organisation on
the status of the request.
Please
note, this form should not be used to report errors or faults, if these occur
they can be reported to the Procserve Support Desk by email support@procserve.com or call on 0845
6032885. Those of you that have access to the Self Service portal can continue
logging errors or faults via that process.
Open Courses
SBV has developed a programme of courses from December through to Easter of
next year. You can enrol or find out further information by going to
the SBV Website at:
http://www.sbvltd.co.uk/value-wales.html
The cost is £125 per
delegate per course and there are
discounts available of 5% for 2 to 3 delegates or 10% for 4 or more from the
same organisation.
In House Training
SBV also offers in house training -
either one day courses or a 5 day modular
course for up to 16 delegates. A day rate per delegate of less than £50 is possible dependent depend on whether any
substantive development work is required. In most cases this is unlikely and
there is no charge to incorporate in house policy and procedures.
Fitness Checks
development
SBV also offers assistance with regard to fitness check
recommendations in accordance with the
rates stipulated in the contract for consultancy or if training is required at
the contract rates for in house courses.
Please use the website enquiry form or call on
01694 723333 or 07887 556 800 (Mobile) to discuss.
In April we informed you that Procserve had been
acquired by Basware www.basware.co.uk
As part of the-acquisition integration process,
from the 2nd January 2016 all eTrading Wales Procserve
staff will move to Basware email accounts. The new email address
structure will change from procserve.com to basware.com. An example is shown
below:
john.smith@procserve.com
will become john.smith@basware.com
Over time you may also notice further branding changes and this
will include changes to the eTrading Wales marketplace branding.
Procurement Policy Note (PPN) -
Availability of Standard EU Forms and Notices for Public Procurement
Please find attached a PPN regarding the new EU forms and
notices for public procurement which have been published in the Official
Journal of the EU.
The
new standard forms and notices are accessible on the Tenders Electronic Daily
(TED) website, under eNotices, from 3rd December. E-senders (Millstream in
Wales) will provide access to the new standard forms and notices.
In
line with the Wales Procurement Policy Statement, contracting authorities in
Wales are required to advertise their contract opportunities on Sell2Wales.
Millstream, the company which provide the Sell2Wales website in Wales, are
currently working to develop the new forms and notices on Sell2Wales, which
will then require TED re-qualification, and will confirm the date when they
will be available. We will update you on this as soon as possible.
If
you have any queries in the meantime, please contact VWPolicy@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Aberystwyth University
Senior
Procurement Officer, Finance Department - Ref: FN.15.04
Salary: £32,600 - £37,768
Details, contacts and applications can be found here
Deadline for applications: 12:00, 04 January 2016
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Exciting Procurement Services
opportunities now available – want to become part of a World Class Public
Service in NHS Wales?
Procurement
Services in NHS Wales are seeking to appoint a range of senior procurement
professionals to drive strategy and deliver increased efficiency in their
support to the University Health Boards and Trusts.
For further details click here
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