About CYD

Cyd is the centre of excellence where procurement and commercial communities can learn from and support each other.

Cyd is here to support commercial and procurement professionals to implement Welsh Procurement Policies in their day-to-day work.

 

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Background

In 2021 the Future Generations Commissioner and an expert panel supporting the Foundational Economy in Wales highlighted the need to explore a Procurement Centre of Excellence (PCoE) for Wales.

Discovery Phase

This led to a ‘Discovery’ (a scoping phase), which found that:

  • There was a need for a community led, but centrally supported PCoE, both digital and non-digital in nature;
  • The PCoE needs to be accessible to all stakeholders and enable capacity creation, rather than draining resources;
  • The development of PCoE should start small, with a minimum viable product; and
  • In order to get this right, the PCoE needs to be different from other services such as the former National Procurement Service (NPS).

Alpha phase

The next step following the discovery was to pilot the concept and recommendations through an Alpha phase. The key policy area for the Alpha phase is net zero and decarbonisation, supporting Wales’ net zero ambitions. The Alpha is also considering some of the wider context around the PCoE in terms of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill and the Procurement Bill.

Our current focus is:

Support Procurement Reform

Cyd is a central place to access all information relating to procurement reform in Wales.

Optimise the Cyd Service

Cyd make sense of all content in an intuitive, user friendly way.

Grow the Community

Ensure procurement and commercial professionals know about and use Cyd and extend who uses Cyd.

Live phase

We are now in the Live Phase of Cyd. This means that we are building on the foundations that we have built by improving services such as the Cydrannu session, continue to provide latest guidance, support Welsh Public Sector with their procurement needs and support the preparation for the Procurement Reform in Wales.