Publication launch event: Procurement & Partnership: Doing it right, Making it work.

April 7, 2004

‘Procurement & Partnership: Doing it right, Making it work.’

with

Sir Ian Byatt

Helen Randall, Partner, Nabarro Nathanson and Trustee, NLGN

Martin Scarfe, Financial Adviser, LB Newham

Chair: Dan Corry, Director, NLGN



Tuesday 20th April 2004: 8.15am for 8.30am prompt start – 10.00pm



Central London venue



Since the Local Government Procurement Taskforce, chaired by Sir Ian Byatt, published its hard-hitting recommendations in June 2001, procurement has shot up the national agenda. With the Government’s Efficiency Review putting enormous pressure on the value for money agenda, no-one working in local government – experienced or otherwise – can afford not to know what the latest thinking is, not least in the area of procurement partnering.



Procurement & Partnership: Doing it right, Making it work is a new NLGN collection of essays providing a comprehensive examination of the procurement process. With wide-ranging contributions from key figures from within central and local government, and the public, private and voluntary sectors, it provides tools to enable those working in procurement to get the best out of the process and deliver better services to citizens up and down the country.


Embargoed press copies of the report will be available shortly.

Contact Ian Parker at ian@nlgn.org.uk or 020 7357 0116



Notes for Editors:


The New Local Government Network (NLGN) is an independent think-tank, seeking to transform public services, revitalise local political leadership and empower local communities.



Procurement & Partnership: Doing it right, Making it work is published by NLGN on Monday 20th April, price £21.25 (inc p&p). Copies can be pre-ordered at network@nlgn.org.uk or 020 7357 0152.



The full list of authors for the report is: Dan Corry; John O’Brien; Mike Hynes; Ann Blackmore; Bryony Rudkin; Liz Welton; Michael Kitts; John Layton; Iain Roxburgh; Nick Ward; Paul Woodruff; Helen Randall; Phil Walker; Sir Ian Byatt


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