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sustainability of the third sector’ and cited longer-term funding arrangements and flexible approaches to procurement

governments and public bodies can use to encourage a shift away from existing ‘value-for-money’ driven procurement,Link in with ongoing efforts in Scotland to make progress on partnership working, funding and procurement,This is especially true in procurement processes, where value is about pounds over people.,Traditional procurement models also do not consider the capacity issues felt by many specialist organisations

There needs to be a fundamental redesign of the commissioning and procurement process for IJBs, such

Medicines, procurement and data protection policies may also be affected to name just a few.

significant economic actor and employer and the need for long-term funding models, a flexible approach to procurement

year around the need for longer term funding, core funding, strategic commissioning and funding/procurement

year around the need for longer term funding, core funding, strategic commissioning and funding/procurement

Too often, organisations interpret being data-driven as a procurement process.,Procurement might be what’s needed at some point - but it’s unlikely to be what’s needed first.As well

Traditional approaches to commissioning and procurement, coupled with financial pressures on councils,More talking and negotiating, rather than formal commissioning and procuring.,This open conversation – as opposed to the transactional nature of a classic procurement process (where,As part of this, the council looked to reform the way it was procuring its youth work services.,At this time, the area’s youth work services were procured in the traditional fashion, but Kevin Wells

Continuing to open up procurement and initiatives like Community Wealth Building is essential.