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| | Provide links to a range of short courses held nationally including, for example:
• Perfecting Evaluation Processes
• Introduction to EU Directive
• Latest Issues in Procurement
• Writing a Procurement Specification
• Introduction to Negotiation
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| | Provides training for Primary Care Trust commissioners on behalf of NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA)
Provide programme of six courses and recommend that all are taken in the order shown:
• Fundamentals of Procurement
• Contract Management as a Commissioning Enabler
• Advanced Procurement Techniques in Healthcare
• Effective Commercial Negotiations for PCT Commissioners
• Practical Negotiation and Influencing Skills
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| | On-line procurement training course for beginners in the public sector. Covers the following short modules:
• Procurement in Context
• Procurement Cycle
• Basic Contract Law
• EU Legislation
• Contract Management | Visit Website |
| | Annual 2 day conference on Children’s Services which includes elements of procurement practice.
Follow link for information on this year’s event and last year’s slides
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| | The National Programme for Third Sector Commissioning is a critical strand of ‘Partnership in public services: an action plan for third-sector involvement’.
The three main outcomes of the programme are:
• increased awareness and understanding
• more third sector involvement
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| | Provide MSc, Postgraduate Diploma or Post-Graduate Certificates covering numerous commissioning areas
Includes:
Strategic commissioning – post graduate module – 5 day course
Social Care Commissioning and Contracting – 5 day programme
Certificate in Social Care and Commissioning
Five day course covering:
• Policy context and aspects of modernisation
• Joint commissioning, trusts and partnerships
• Market strategies and intervention methods
• Contracting - law - specifications
• Involving users and promoting choice
• Dealing with non-compliance
They also provide MSc, Postgraduate Diploma or Post-Graduate Certificates in
• Public Service Commissioning
• Managing Partnerships in Health and Social Care
• Healthcare Policy and Management (Commissioning) (MSc only)
These includes modules on Public service procurement and contracting and Law, regulation and finance of commissioning and procurement covering areas such as:
• Management of contractual relationships
• Market management
• Supplier development and supply chain management
• Procurement options and models of provision
• Financial models underpinning commissioning and procurement
• International legal and regulatory context of commissioning and procurement
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| | Two-day workshop on Introduction to Commissioning & Procurement from the Third Sector covering a range of subjects | Visit Website |
| | Procuring and Commissioning from the Third Sector - 4 day module
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| | Certificate in Commissioning, Contracting and Procurement – 6 day programme
A six day course delivered in the East Midlands Region but with potential for in-house training for Local Authorities outside the region. Subjects covered include:
• Intelligent commissioning and procurement
• Legal basis of commissioning, contracting and procurement
• Best value and Performance Management
• Contract Development
Contract compliance and quality
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| | Certificate in Commissioning and Purchasing for Public Care
Course comprises four taught days and a two part written assignment. Subjects covered:
• Common understanding of terms, relevant policy and market conditions
• Strategic Commissioning
• Market Influencing and Procurement
• Commissioning structures, staffing and skills
IPC also hold various commissioning seminars and workshops
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| | Awaiting information on training courses to be delivered as a result of the new National Occupational Standards on Commissioning, Procurement and Contracting
Follow the link to see the Suite of Standards for this NOS
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| | Provide a range of professional courses from Level 2 (Introductory Certificate) to Level 7 (Executive Diploma).
Examples of content (these are not available as standalone modules):
Level 4 Foundation Diploma
Five compulsory subjects:
• Effective Negotiation in Purchasing & Supply
• Purchasing Context
• Developing Contracts in P&S
• Measuring Purchasing Performance
• Managing P&S Relationship
Level 6 Graduate Diploma
Three compulsory subjects:
• Leading & Influencing in Purchasing & Supply
• Strategic Supply Chain Management
• Supply Chain Management in Practice
Plus two optional subjects from:
• Legal Aspects in P&S
• Advanced Project Management
• Finance for Purchasers
Short classes which can be booked individually include:
• Intro to Purchasing
• Improving your buying skills
• Development of the buyer
• Basics of Contract Law
• Contract drafting
• Legal aspects of purchasing
• Exploring and developing terms and conditions
• Tender analysis
• Dissecting a supplier’s cost structure
• Successful e-sourcing/e-auctions
• Understanding sales techniques
• Effective contract management
• Effective purchasing negotiation
• Practical and Advanced negotiation workshops
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| | CIPFA’s performance Improvement Network provides short procurement-related courses for public sector e.g. • Writing Clear Service Level Agreements • Writing Clear Specifications • Tender evaluations • Category Management Improving Efficiency and Value for Money
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| | Provide commissioning and procurement workshops for the third sector from both a commissioning and negotiating to be commissioned perspective
Provide workshops on “The benefits and challenges of best value and sustainable funding” aimed at commissioners and procurers in the public sector. They provide an introduction to assessing the full costs in third sector funding applications.
Also provide additional courses including ‘Improved Commissioning and Procurement Through Negotiation’.
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