Procurement
Background
The issue of procurement is an important and topical issue relating to Hull’s future economy.
There are major opportunities to use public sector procurement to drive economic regeneration, but there are also threats posed, particularly to local SMEs in the post-Gershon and new-PFI era.
Research by the respected New Economics Foundation suggests £1.76 worth of economic benefit is generated from every £1 a local authority spends with a local business, compared to 36p with a company from elsewhere. The multiplier effect for NHS spend is even higher at £2.21 for every £1 according to separate research.
‘Buying local’ is clearly a ‘win win’ situation. Local businesses do not want to win business from their local authorities or NHS Trusts because they are local, they want to win it because they are best placed to deliver, not just for the purchaser but also the local community in terms of more jobs and the associated socio-economic benefits.
Our objectives
Ultimately we want to see a bigger slice of public spending won by local businesses, both capital/regeneration projects and core revenue spend.
Hull Business Forum is working to…
- Agree a ‘Compact’ between local businesses and Hull City Council which includes progress on procurement.
- Improve relationships between the local business community and major public sector purchasers.
- Lobby for more business friendly procurement policies and practices from major public sector purchasers.
- Improve local business support provision on procurement.
Documents
- Hull Business Forum Action Plan for Procurement 2005,
- 5th Quarterly Hull Business Forum Minutes – 31st January 2005.
Useful Links
If you are interested in selling to Hull City Council, more information is available here.
If you want to know more about supplying Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, click here
E-business Clubs help Hull and East Riding businesses sell to the public sector, More information is available here.
If you are a local construction or related business, more information about Construction Works is available here.
Yorkshire Forward’s Virtual Enterprise Network helps SMEs compete for bigger contracts. For more information click here.