 | | An increasing focus on commissioning, through payment by results, as a default way of delivering public policy objectives will challenge markets to find innovative solutions to provide better results at lower cost. At the same time, many of the services being tendered will be more complex than anything that has been seen in the past, the process of achieving better outcomes uncertain and the supplier base in some instances at an immature state of development. The commissioning challenge will test the skills of public servants in defining the process in the short term.
The recommendations and discussion within this document cover three broad aspects:
• Market Creation
• Whitehall Skills
• Transparency and accountability | | |
| | This report is a toolkit, designed to help commissioners think through the challenges of using payment-by-outcome and how these can be overcome. Through a number of real-world case studies, the authors have identified common problems and solutions that have been implemented or attempted. It does not claim to have all the answers. Rather, it is intended to stimulate further investigation into how payment-by-outcome, with all its obvious benefits and evident difficulties, can be made to work. | | |
| | This support pack accompanies the NWIEP sponsored Demystifying Commissioning seminars delivered by PIPC.
Included in the paper is a series of tools and topics that will be helpful for new commissioners and staff operating in a commissioning organisation – otherwise known as Pandora’s Box. The topics and materials here are not comprehensive, but give a quick and easy introduction to the ideas and models that commissioners are likely to be exposed to.
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| | This CoP (communities of practice) has been established by the Local Government Collaborative Commissioning Group. The Knowledge Hub will house best practice, guidance and a range of discussion groups. | Visit website | |
| | This includes breakfast seminars and workshops. Also mentoring and organisational raids - through partnering with private sector organisations.
Most public sector organisations are members of WIG
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| | Ensure you stay ahead with the latest CJS news, views, information, employment, contracts, events, networking and much more, and you don't even have to leave your office! The largest cross sector, criminal justice forum in the UK. | Visit website | |
| | The National Offender Management Service is the Agency of the Ministry of Justice responsible for commissioning and providing adult offender services in England and Wales which protect the public and reduce reoffending while sucessfullly delivering the orders and sentences of the courts. These pages provide information about commissioning activity within the National Offender Management Service including 'An Introduction to NOMS Offender Services Commissioning' which sets out the Agency's current vision and approach to commissioning, NOMS Commissioning Intentions, the Offender Services Competition Strategy and the NOMS Directory of Services and Service Specifications which set out the mandatory minimum standards for core services funded by the agency to ensure that they are legal, safe, secure and decent. | Visit website | |
| | an online guide from NAO that provides practical advice on how to plan for and manage the decommissioning of public services delivered by civil society organisations (CSOs) and maintain value for money while doing so.
Although designed primarily for local commissioners, 'Decommissioning' is relevant to all commissioners and will be of interest to other stakeholders too, especially CSOs. Published July 2011 | Visit Website | |
| | These links offer information about the practices put in place for commissioning professionals working in children’s services
| Commissioning | Commercial & Procurement Skills |
| | This web link details the OGC Policy and Standards Framework, an online portal to guide you through the key principles and processes of public sector commercial activity, covering procurement, project and programme management, and estate management. The Framework helps you understand what to do and how to do it; setting out the requirements of current legislation and Government Policy, together with the latest emerging best practice and step by step guidance on buying within particular categories of goods and services. | Visit Website | |
| | CSL’s role is to support London’s NHS commissioners – those responsible for planning, developing, monitoring and reviewing health and social care services – to deliver a more efficient healthcare service, sharing best practice and reducing duplication.
The attachments are a Commissioning Competency Handbook and a Commercial brochure | 2 PDF attachments | |
| | Successful Commissioning - How to secure value for money through better financial relationships with third sector organisations. This guide is produced by the NAO and focuses on those aspects of the process that are most likely to affect financial relationships with third sector organisations. NAO look at how commissioners can help the third sector to deliver services and outcomes that represent value for money. | Visit Website | |
| | Communities of Practice (CoP) is a community platform supporting professional social networks across local government and the public sector.
This site is of particular relevance to commissioners who may find the information posted useful. Please note you will need to register to join this forum. | Visit Website | |
| | Communities of Practice (CoP) is a community platform supporting professional social networks across local government and the public sector.
This site is of particular relevance to commissioners who may find the information posted useful. Please note you will need to register to join this forum. | Visit Website | |
| | The Commissioning Support Programme is sponsored by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health and has been set up to help Children’s Trusts plan, design and implement services more effectively. The website was developed to provide a significant resource for Commissioners and Children's Trusts, so that they can access content relevant to their role and learn more about approaches being taken by colleagues in other parts of the country. | Visit Website | |