Equality and Diversitythrough Procurement Policy

Nick Sullivan

Head of Policy and Capability

Value Wales

Public Procurement in Wales

• Annual public procurement spend c£4.3bn– 22 local authorities (56% of total spend)– 10 local health boards (27% of total spend)– Welsh Government, 9 Universities, 15 Colleges (17%

of total spend)

• Procurement Policy owned by Finance Minister• Wales Procurement Policy Statement, Dec 2012• Diverse supply base is key!

Public Procurement Legislative Framework

• UK Public Contracts Regulations, 2006• Equality Act 2010 (Statutory Duties) Wales

Regulations 2011– Regulation 18

• Due regard to whether the award criteria should include considerations to help meet public sector equality duty

• Where conditions are stipulated, due regard to including considerations relevant to performance of the duty

Policy Delivery through eEquality and Diversity Procurement (1)

• Wales Procurement Policy Statement (WPPS)– Nine key principles– Adopted by Welsh Government, NHS sector and all

councils– Defines value for money

• Optimum combination of whole-of-life costs in terms of not only generating efficiency savings and good quality outcomes for the organisation, but also benefit to society and the economy, whilst minimising damage to the environment.

Embedding Equality through Procurement

• Sustainability Risk Assessment

• Community Benefits

• Supplier Selection

• Blacklisting

• Joint Bidding

Available Support for Embedding Equality through Procurement

• Guidance and advice - http://prp.wales.gov.uk/• Training Programme - http://

www.sbvltd.co.uk/value-wales.html• Community of Practice• Policy Mailbox – vwpolicy@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Thank you for listening

Contact: nick.sullivan@wales.gsi.gov.uk