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©SPS Consultancy Services Ltd 2012

SPS Consultancy Services

Our first 10 years of making a difference . . . .

http://www.sps-consultancy.co.uk/



Rebranded as SPS Consultancy Services Ltd in 2008

Founded as Strategic Procurement Services in 2001by Ken Cole and Rowena Ward




We are a specialist consultancy supporting our clients in

achieving sustainable cash savings and

service delivery improvements in their commissioning and

procurement activities.




• Business case development and implementation

• Evidence based procurement strategies• Procurement reviews• Board level presentations• Change management

• Spend and opportunity analysis• eAuctions delivery• Category planning• Supplier arbitrage• Negotiation programmes

• Category Management• Supplier Relationship Development• Make or Buy• Driving up Data Standards• Contract and Relationship Management• Interpreting Expenditure Data

Our Services

Strategy and

Planning

Cashable

SavingsDelivery

Strategic Skills Transfer




Our Consulting Ethos

Leading edge thinking, innovation and action – White Papers / boardroom briefings

Providing publicly available educational and advisory services on our Website at no cost

Leaving a lasting impression of professionalism, trustworthiness and reliability

Ethical Charter – improving the image of consultancy through fixed price bids, sharing outcomes with other clients and not charging for material already paid for by others

Skills and knowledge transfer to our clients




Over 50 clients since our formation – many of them providing repeat businessMixture of public and private clients but predominantly local government

Airbus Coding International Ltd SmartWater CIPS Office Depot L B Enfield Capital One London Councils Hertfordshire CC Procurement Agency for Essex Improvement East National e-Procurement Project

(NePP)

Kent CC Shropshire CC Essex CC Dacorum DC Stirling Council Clackmannanshire Council Companies House Bridgend CBC St Andrew’s Hospital L B Hammersmith & Fulham L B Hackney / Netstore Buckinghamshire CC




Informing the debate on Procurement in the Public Sector




Knowledge sharing and best practice guidance




Some Major Achievements

Setting up the Procurement Agency for Essex and providing its first Director (2003/4)

Setting up the London Centre of Excellence (2004/5) and providing its Director (2005 to 2008)

Developing and establishing ProClass across English local government (2006)

Running the first multi-authority ICT e-Auction in London (2007) making a £3.8m saving

Introducing Supplier Relationship Development to local Government (2009-11)

Providing the first business case for client purchasing cards in Adult Social Care at Kent County Council (2004)




Press Coverage. Read these articles in detail on our website:www.sps-consultancy.co.uk/about/media-coverage.html


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