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Delivery of Lm3 in the North-East
““Procurement Power”Procurement Power”
Julie DavisonJulie DavisonSustainable Procurement OfficerNorthumberland County Council
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Northumberland Story
Lm3 project started in January 2004
Dedicated Project Officer
Responsible to Head of Procurement
Benchmarking survey completed June 2004
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Northumberland Story
Project initiatives to create local opportunities
Identify the opportunities Stimulate the market Work with both private and third sector Liaise with chamber of commerce and
business link
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Northumberland Story Local Successes on some opportunities Food Grass cutting Construction Sandwiches
Non Local Successes on consolidated contracts
Reverse E Tender for stationary
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Balancing the Bucket
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Benefits for Northumberland
Assist in strategic decision and policy making
Benefit to local economy established from model on profile changes
Created catalyst for change and stimulated both local authority action and the local marketplace
Counter balance to Gershon and aggregated buying
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Way Forward for Northumberland Permanent Sustainability officer appointed
Continuing initiatives on procurement opportunities and engaging sme’s
Rebenchmarking and assessing targets
Working with third sector and large private sector companies
Working with Legi successful county/ district lm3 initiative
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Northumberland’s Approach
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NECE Implementation Deliverables
Lm3 benchmark completion for all 25 local authorities in North East
Specific work with major Private sector companies and the Third Sector including Alnwick Garden
Enhanced model created to cater for non public sector including staff and salary costs
Generate regional impact by local producers Working with local authorities who have utilised
Lm3 as a delivery mechanism for LEGI
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NECE Benchmarking Progress
From the 25 NE Local Authorities:
11 Completed and agreed
2 Completed pending reviews
11 in varying progress state
Tasked to complete by October 2007
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NECE Benchmarking Progress
Data consolidated to give regional and sub regional information
RDA provided with substantive aggregate information for regional economic reviews
Each local authority provided with individual model and benchmark evaluation
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NECE Lm3 Way Forward Adoption and implementation plan
proposed for each local authority
Development of sme support from RDA linked to implementation initiatives
rebenchmarking to evaluate and measure change
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NECE Vision of Lm3
Procurement and regeneration jointly working to:
Identify the procurement opportunities
Matching the supplier base
Delivering the change
Achieving 5% on £2.5billion within the North East which is £125 million extra in North East
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A Thought to Consider….
Question – Where will local suppliers be in 5-10 years if we don’t act now?
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