VCS Support Programme for Contracting with Worcestershire County Council

30 October 2007, 12:00PM - 13 December 2007, 16:00PM

‘Engaging with the procurement process in Worcestershire: commissioning and contracting demystified!


Worcestershire Infrastructure Consortium acknowledges the funding provided by Worcestershire County Council as a major sponsor of this programme of training and support. The Consortium is pleased to be working in partnership with Worcestershire County Council as further work is undertaken to prepare voluntary and community sector provider organisations in Worcestershire for the next round of the tendering and procurement process, due to commence from October 2007. As part of this process 6 joint learning/briefing sessions are planned over the next three months – all with the same content but in various locations around the County – to focus on the topic below:

‘Engaging with the procurement process in Worcestershire: commissioning and contracting demystified!

• What can I expect?
• Where do I start?
• Who will I be dealing with?
• What sort of paperwork will I have to fill in?

The content of the briefing will include information on the context of procurement (with reference to EU and national government directives) and the Shopping, Investing, Giving model, definitions of key words and phrases, guidance on the e-tendering portal on the Worcestershire CC website and further guidance on the expectations and processes in place for commissioning and contracting with the County Council. There will be a Question and Answer session on each occasion, with a running log of issues and concerns being maintained, so that this can be drawn together at the end of the six briefings and form the basis of a Q&A sheet which can be widely circulated to the sector to better inform interested parties.

The target audience will be vcs organisations that have, or are interested in having, contracts with the County Council, and should be of particular interest to those groups that are engaged with other aspects of the support programme.

VCS organisations are encouraged to book places on the most convenient date; if you are unable to attend a local event on the advertised date, please feel free to book at another venue. Also, it would be good to encourage Trustees to attend with staff, wherever possible.


30.10.07
Kidderminster Youth House, Bromsgrove Street, Kidderminster, DY10 1PF
(12.00pm – 2.00pm, lunch provided).
Please contact Sascha McDonald to book a place (cvs@communityactionwf.org.uk or 01562 67008).

9.11.07
Bradbury Centre, 2 Sansome Walk, Worcester, WR1 1LH
(10.30am – 12.30pm, lunch provided).
Please contact Sally Ellison to book a place
(sally.wcvb@btconnect.com or 01905 24741).

26.11.07
Wallace House, Oat Street, Evesham, WR11 4PJ
(10.00am – 12.00pm).
Please contact Helen Gray to book a place
(helenl.gray@btopenworld.com or 01386 40165).

29.11.07
Room 2, Ecumenical Centre, Evesham Walk, Redditch, B97 4EX
(2.00pm - 4.00pm).
Please contact Ann Sowton at BARN to book a place
ann@barn.org.uk or 01527 60282

6.12.07
Young People’s Leisure Club, Droitwich Road, Perdiswell, Worcester, WR3 7SN
(1.45pm – 3.45pm, lunch provided at 1.00pm).
Please contact John Taylor to book a place
(johnt@comfirst.org.uk or 01684 312732).

13.12.07
Upton/Malvern – details to follow.
Please contact Diane Bellamy to book a place (dianeb@communityaction.org.uk or 01684 580638).

Cost:
There is no charge for these briefing sessions, which should last around 2 hours. However, places are limited, so it will be important to book your place in advance.

For further information please call Becky Greathead on e-mail beckyg@comfirst.org.uk

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