The Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE)
Established in April 2004, the Procurement Agency for Essex was the UK's first example of a genuinely cross public sector, self–funding & county wide Procurement organisation.
The role of the PAE is to promote & facilitate collaborative procurement across Essex. The PAE provides the following services:
- Managing projects to bring about a range of better procurement outcomes
- Hosting forums to share procurement best practice, knowledge, information, documentation and capacity
- Providing training and procurement related commercial support to member organisations
- Acting as a voice for Essex procurement both regionally and nationally
- Promoting & maintaining high procurement standards across Essex
PAE 2010 is a cross sector regional project resulting from the Essex Collaborative Procurement review carried out by a cross sector working group in early 2009.
Improvement East is funding an innovative project led by Essex County Council to establish a collaborative approach to category management, procurement and supplier relationship development across the public sector in Essex in 3 pilot categories: ICT, Commercial Fleet and Passenger Transport. The programme is supported by Fire and Rescue, Police, Health, Probation Service and Higher and Further Education, as well as Local Authorities.
Aims of PAE2010:
For more information please read the PAE Annual Report 2007
For more information please read the PAE Annual Report 2005/2006
- Cross public sector collaborative working
- Sub-regional category management approach to optimise the deployment of procurement expertise
- Removal of duplication
- Deployment of smarter tools and techniques
