PAE 2010
Efficiency through cross public sector procurement, collaboration and innovation
The PAE 2010 Programme
The PAE 2010 programme was established in Essex in September 2009. It resulted from the Essex Collaborative Procurement Review carried out earlier in the year.
PAE 2010 is a groundbreaking cross-public sector programme. It addresses the strategic issues that lead to inefficiencies and unnecessary costs to public bodies and focuses on resource scarcity, fragmented markets and duplication of effort within the context of increasing demand for public services.
PAE 2010 seeks to establish a collaborative approach to category management, procurement and supplier relationship development across the Essex public sector.
The broad aims of the PAE 2010 pilot are:
- Better outcomes at less cost
- Cross public sector collaborative working
- A sub-regional category management approach to optimise the deployment of procurement expertise and resources
- Removal of duplication of effort
- Deployment of smarter tools and techniques
The three pilot areas
Initially PAE 2010 will concentrate on developing projects in the following three pilot areas:
- ICT – This project seeks to generate cashable savings through collaborative working on ICT. ICT is an area where spend is often hidden under third parties and dominated by big players with a high degree of overlap across local authorities.
- Commercial Fleet – The focus of this project is on improving the acquisition and resource management of goods and services related to commercial fleet. It’s an area with considerable overlap in spend at district council level with different procurement methods being utilised.
- Passenger/Patient Transport – This project focuses mainly on passenger and patient transport services provided by local government and the NHS in Essex. It covers services such as non-emergency patient transport, adult and child social care travel, e.g., travel to day centres, and general taxi services. It is an area with highly fragmented spend and underutilisation of resources.
The programme will seek to prove the concept of regional cross public sector collaborative procurement.
Participation and Benefits
PAE 2010 is part funded by Improvement East and is open to all public bodies in Essex. It currently enjoys strong cross public sector support from the Fire and Rescue Service, the Police, the NHS PCTs and the East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub, the Probation Service, Higher and Further Education, Housing Associations and all local authorities.
Increasingly, individual organisations will struggle to meet the demand for savings. Through collaboration, PAE 2010 provides opportunities to achieve additional value in areas of synergy and commonality.
Find out more about PAE 2010
If you are an Essex based public sector organisation join the PAE 2010 community network hosted on the Communities of Practice website for the latest news. Register and join the network to find out more about the three pilot projects and the benefits to your organisation.
Alternatively, send the pilot project administrator an Email to register for the monthly newsletter
Further useful information
PAE 2010 complements Total Place, the government’s ‘whole area’ approach to public services. The focus is on reducing costs and introducing new ways of working through collaboration and local leadership. It builds on the efficiency work carried out across many sectors and places.
PAE 2010 also ties in with the Building Britain's Future agenda which focuses on developing the next generation of public services. Front-line delivery organisations need to collaborate effectively to deliver more user-focused services and individual entitlements.