CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

Procurement Consultant 

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Description of the goods or services required

Overview of the brief and Experience Required

The Portfolio Management Office (PMO) is seeking external procurement consultant to support the team in progressing a number of procurement activities over the next 6-12 months.

Requirements

The PMO is seeking an experienced procurement professional with public and private sector expertise to join the team over the next 6-12 months to support the team to put in place the required strategies, policies and processes to deliver the Growth Deal.

A key element of the work is to support the delivery of project business cases with a particular focus on social value and community benefits. The Growth Deal projects sit within five programmes – Digital, Land and Property, Low Carbon Energy, Innovation in High Value Manufacturing and Agri-food and Tourism.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of designing and delivering large scale procurements within one or more of these areas.

The successful candidate should have the ability to start during February 2021.

Specific deliverables are set out in the next page.

Anticipated Resource Requirement

3 days per week;

6-12 month period.

Expected Deliverables:

- Development of the draft Procurement Strategy for the North Wales Growth Deal including a clear position on social value and community benefits.

- Review of existing Gwynedd Council procurement processes to determine suitability for North Wales Growth Deal and recommendations on any changes required.

- Identify a suite of TOMs for adoption by the North Wales Growth Deal through engagement with the North Wales Economic Ambition Board (NWEAB) and North Wales Public Service Boards (PSBs).

- Support the PMO to identify and establish ways of working and systems that will measure the social impact of Growth Deal investment (for example use of the Social Value Portal).

- Provide procurement advice to projects and other procurement activity carried out by the team. Guide and coach Programme Managers and the PMO team on how to operationalise the procurement strategy in a way that demonstrates value to local communities and local, inclusive economic growth.

- Development of procurement pipeline and stakeholder engagement strategy for the five Growth Deal programmes.

- Bring procurement best practice and principles into the North Wales Growth Deal and support the PMO team to challenge the Local Government status quo and push the boundaries on existing practice where possible.

- Support the PMO to recruit a permanent full-time procurement officer and work alongside them to build expertise and prepare for operational delivery beyond the 6-12month term of this role.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=107496.

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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

Anticipated Resource Requirement

3 days per week;

6-12 month period.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

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Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

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Additional Information

Gwynedd Council, in support of Welsh Government’s Code of Practice on Ethical employment in supply chains, confirms that it has and/or commits to put the following processes in place :-

• An ethical employment statement to be displayed on the Council website

• Appointment of an Anti-slavery and Ethical Employment Champion at Cabinet level

• Whistle-blowing policy for staff to raise suspicions of unlawful and unethical employment practices taking place and a point of contact for the public to raise any such concerns in relation to the supply chain

• Training for those involved in buying/procurement or recruitment in modern slavery and ethical employment practices via Welsh Government’s e-module

• Incorporation of the Council’s Ethical employment statement within procurement documentation as well as inclusion of questions associated with the topic within tenders and conditions of contract where appropriate

• Payment of our suppliers on time (within 30 days)

• No unfair use of false self-employment, umbrella schemes or zero hours contracts which would result in avoidance of Tax/National Insurance or in any way unduly disadvantage its workers in terms of pay, rights, opportunities

• Staff to have access to a Trade Union without risk of any form of discrimination

• Any staff on outsourced contracts to retain their terms and conditions of employment

• An annual written statement outlining progress on principles within the code, including Modern Slavery, and plans for any future action to demonstrate the Council’s support of the Code of Practice

Further progress on any remaining commitments will be identified within the Council’s annual statement.

In order for the Code of Practice to have the utmost impact on ethical employment in supply chains, Gwynedd Council will expect that all its suppliers (and subsequent supply chains) make efforts to put in place similar processes so as to ensure that no individual is subject to any form of employment discrimination.

http://gov.wales/topics/improvingservices/bettervfm/code-of-practice/?lang=en

(WA Ref:107496)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice