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Major procurement exercises cannot be undertaken without access to good and reliable expenditure information. Expenditure analysis specialists SPS have provided expenditure analysis services to the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) for the last four financial years.
In 2005, the Scottish Executive’s Minister for Finance and Public Sector Reform asked John McClelland to undertake a detailed review of public sector procurement in Scotland (PDF 531kb).
The CRS (developed by NIP Ltd.) has now been successfully adopted across the London Boroughs following an earlier implementation by the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE).
In January 2006, the Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) commissioned SPS to carry out a review of Uttlesford District Council’s procurement activities, primarily with a view to addressing value and efficiency opportunities both locally and also those that lend themselves to collaboration via the PAE across the county of Essex.
In 2003, a study was commissioned to examine the feasibility of establishing a Public Sector Procurement Agency for the County of Essex by the Association of Chief Executives in Essex.
Clackmannanshire Council is the smallest unitary authority in Scotland. The Council has never had a corporate focus on Procurement, with decentralised purchasing activity being the responsibility of the individual service areas including education, social services and property services.