Presentation by Steve Durham for the RSC London WBL Forum, 3rd May 2013

1. JISC Advance WBL Procurement Project
www.gemforwbl.ac.uk
RSC London
3 May 2013
Steve Durham

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JA WBL Procurement Project
• Project is funded by Dept of BIS and started in
December 2011.
• It aims to support the work based learning sector
which does not have access to consortia type
purchasing agreements which are widely
available to colleges, schools and universities.
• The goal is to establish agreements for wbl
providers to facilitate cost savings and access to
best value contracts.

3. JA WBL Procurement Project
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Project has three key objectives-
•To establish a consortium based approach to
purchasing for the work based learning sector.
•To provide an electronic market place GeM, for
WBL providers.
•To negotiate agreements for high value items such
as Awarding Organisations.

4. • Why is purchasing of goods and services
important for training organisations ?
• On average about 40% of income spent on
bought in goods and services (other 60% staff
costs).
• Organisations undertaking a purchasing review
usually show savings in excess of 10%.
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5. How much can you save ? consider these price
variations from the Green Report on Procurement
by Government Departments in 2010, for the same
spec items:
Box of paper £8-£73
Printer cartridges £86-£398
Laptop computers £353-£2000
Car hire daily rate £27-£119.
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6. • The Project has made available a number of
supplier agreements from early 2013 to providers
in the WBL sector.
• To deliver the Project we are working in
partnership with several organisations in the
sector which include Greater Manchester
Learning Provider Network (www.gmlpn.co.uk)
AELP and @ukplc.
• Spend analysis exercise has given us a shopping
list of high spend items.
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7. First suppliers on the website are-
• Office Depot
• Pennine Telecom
• Red Flag Alert
• One File
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8. www.gemforwbl.ac.uk
• This service is provided on a free and no
obligation basis to training providers.
• More suppliers will be added to website
marketplace in next few weeks.
• We can present this information to your groups or
individual organisations.
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9. Further information
Contact Steve Durham at-
steve.durham@jiscadvance.ac.uk
Mobile: 0772 853 2932
Website: www.gemforwbl.ac.uk
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10. Further information
Contact Steve Durham at-
steve.durham@jiscadvance.ac.uk
Mobile: 0772 853 2932
Website: www.gemforwbl.ac.uk
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