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Blog

• Driving better outcomes through procurement: Supporting Wales’ future priorities
• Procurement Professionals – Support is Here to Raise Procurement Awareness Across Your Organisation
• Sally Anne Tucker Reflects on the recent Setting Socially Responsible Objectives Workshop
• Maximizing Value for Money: Choosing the Right Price Evaluation Method in Public Sector Procurement
• Procurex Wales 2025: The National Gathering for Wales’ Procurement Community
• Embracing a New Era in Welsh Public Sector Procurement – initial reflections
• Cyd Sandbox | Test your work in a safe space, now
• The procurement Sandbox exercise is back and looking for volunteers
• Discounted net zero professional development courses – Cardiff Uni trying something new
• Procurex Wales keynote in summary – Delivering procurement reform
• Procurex Wales, in partnership with Welsh Government
• Delay to new reform regime kick-off | Here’s what you need to know
• Circular Economy Hotspot tickets – Limited complimentary registration for public sector procurement professionals
• Procurex Wales– The Journey So Far!
• New Apprenticeship Pathway Now Live!
• Procurement Journey | What’s Changed?
• The Cyd ‘Procurement Reform Sandbox’: using foresight approaches to help deal with uncertainty and change
• Beyond buy-in | How to explain procurement reform to your colleagues, and their role in the changes
• Unlocking Effective Evaluation Criteria Writing: Insights from a Brilliant Training Session on Effective Evaluation Criteria
• Spring Into Action: Preparing for Procurement Reform
• Welsh commercial procurement and supply apprenticeship takes shape – We need your help!
• The Procurement Act – Knowledge Drops
• Procuring Artificial Intelligence in the Welsh Public Sector 
• Bilingual Technology toolkit for good user experience
• “The reforms will drive behavioural and cultural change across the whole organisation”
• An update on the Cyd journey
• Adding value through de-duplication
• How do you tackle the burning pyre when the pool runs dry?
• The new Cyd site is live | Tell us what you think
• Continuing Cyd. What’s next?
• Building a Sustainable Future: Newport City Council’s Journey to Decarbonising Procurement
• Why is procurement important if we want better public services in Wales?
• Baking a better cake – unpacking and tackling CO2e in supply chains
• Cyd, some unfinished business …
• Making a real difference to the capability and capacity of the procurement community
• Introducing Cydrannu
• Public procurement’s vital role if we are to reach net zero by 2030
• Launching a temporary home for Cyd
• What’s in a name?
• Shaping the procurement profession for future generations
• Bringing Wales’ commercial and procurement communities together

Case Studies

• Hard and Soft Services Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Exit – Driving & Vehicle Licensing Authority
• Transforming Home Care Delivery – Rhondda Cynon Taf Council
• Procurement of Calon Building – University of South Wales
• Procurement Team of the Year – Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
• Local Search: Filling the Supplier Void – Caerphilly County Borough Council
• Welsh Public Sector Collaborative Food Framework – Caerphilly Borough Council
• Ardal Collaborative Procurement Service
• Delivering Sustainable Workspaces Through Circular Procurement – BOF Group Ltd
• Adra’s Commitment to Social Value and Innovation
• Savings made through an innovative collaborative agreement to help Welsh local authorities transition their fleets to Net Zero.
• Supply Chain Sustainability Portal – Powys County Council Social Care Decarbonisation
• WLGA Procurement Case Study:  Ardal
• Building on strong foundations in partnering with local trade
• EDF support Welsh Public Sector to achieve Net Zero
• Electrical Contractors Framework 
• Policing the public purse – Ensuring value for money and flexibility in procuring initial officer training across Wales
• Framework for the provision of supply teachers in Wales
• Embedding sustainability into procurement at Sport Wales
• Using Warp-it to achieve more sustainable procurement at Hywel Dda University Health Board
• Comparing Milk Packaging Options for Monmouthshire Primary Schools
• Delivering Social Value through collaborative commercial activity
• 83% water saving, work for up to 100 local people and cost savings of £12,000
• Empowering the circular economy through procurement
• Innovative procurement initiative makes a noise

Events

• Building capability to meet current and future PFI objectives
• Legislation and policy setting on publishing KPIs for contracts…. explained!
• Contract management service levels and KPIs…. where to start?
• Contract Management Community of Practice – Good Practice Workshop – MAY
• Lunch and Learn – Webinar examining Bid Rigging Risks in Public Procurement.
• Competitive Flexible Procedure – Show & Tell
• London Borough of Brent – Procurement Implementation Show & Tell
• Health Sector a Procurement Journey
• Managing for Success under PA2023
• Frameworks and Dynamic Markets
• Session Five – Social Value – Care Leavers Covenant
• Session Three – Transforming Public Procurement and Sustainable Procurement
• Session Two – Government Commercial Agency
• Session One – GCF Strategy
• From Policy to Proof: Delivering Social Value & Value for Money in Central Government
• Don’t be soft on contract software compliance
• Contract Management Capability Programme Conference 2026
• What’s on the contract management horizon?
• The Importance of Market Engagement – What does Good Look Like?
• British Business Bank on Contract Management Competency
• Negotiation Under Pressure: How to Stay Calm and Come Out on Top
• Category Management Masterclass with DEFRA
• Joint Bidding Masterclass for Buyers
• Wrap Cymru – Sustainable Procurement in Practise: An introduction
• Wrap Cymru: Sustainable Procurement in Practice: An Introduction
• Embedding Social Value in Procurement & the Supply Chain
• Browne Jacobson | The Procurement Act: six months on, how is it going?
• Cyd | The procurement Sandbox exercise is back and looking for volunteers.
• WRAP Cymru | An introduction to circular procurement
• WRAP Cymru | Lunch & Learn: Sustainable Procurement and Early Market Engagement
• WRAP Cymru | An introduction to circular procurement
• WRAP Cymru | Lunch & Learn: Sustainable Procurement Strategies
• WRAP Cymru | Lunch & Learn: Sustainable Construction Procurement
• WRAP Cymru | An introduction to circular procurement
• WRAP Cymru | Lunch & Learn: Sustainable Procurement of Textiles and Furniture
• WRAP Cymru | An introduction to circular procurement
• Contract management – it’s more than just the numbers
• The journey into 2025/26…. what lies ahead?
• Think strategically! Managing strategic relationships
• Team spirit! Building a team to get contract management right
• Opening the PFI toolbox – resources to help PFI contract managers tackle tricky tasks
• Rest assured! Contract assurance review
• Procuring Innovation from Start ups and Niche Suppliers
• Institute of Collaborative Relationships – Is trust really needed in collaborative relationships?
• Putting green procurement at the centre of public services | How Lithuania did it
• Panel Session | Recruiting and Retaining Talent in Procurement
• Improve Objectivity in Qualitative Evaluation
• Value for Money
• Effective Criteria Writing
• Public Procurement: Conflicts of interest
• Procurement challenges and remedies
• Public Procurement: contract templates in the government sector
• Contract Management
• The Procurement Act 2023 – Conducting a lawful evaluation
• Award Stage
• The Procurement Act 2023 – Framework Agreement and Dynamic Purchasing Systems
• The Procurement Act 2023 – Procurement documents
• Conducting the process
• Grant or Contract?
• Direct Awards
• Procurement challenges
• Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023
• The Selection Stage
• The Pre-Procurement Stage
• Modifying contracts
• USW Short Courses: Growth Mindset
• Show and Tell – 29 February 2024
• EVENT | This year’s Contract Management Conference is now OPEN for booking.
• Key rules applicable to evaluation, moderation and award in the context of a procurement process
• #Learning | Inflationary risks and ESG considerations in a post-pandemic world
• #Learning | Future proofing your business recruitment and retention
• #Learning | Social Value in Construction… Work Smarter not Harder
• Show and Tell – 25 January 2024
• #Learning | The fundamentals of contract management
• #Learning | An introduction to whole-life costing
• #Learning | Developing your contract management career for success
• #Learning | Trust me, I’m a contract manager!
• #Learning | Go on green
• #Learning | Managing contracts… we want you to succeed!
• #Learning | The rocky path to effective contract management
• #Learning | Contract management and AI – Making it real
• #Learning | The external pressures on contract tiering and contract management
• Delivering Socially Responsible Procurement
• USW Short Courses: Building Better Business Cases
• USW Short Courses: Management of Risk
• USW Short Courses: Creating and Leading High-Performing Teams
• USW Short Courses: Systems Thinking
• USW Short Courses: Principles of Agile
• Show and Tell – 30 November 2023
• Delivering wellbeing impact for people and planet – Cydrannu Session – 16 November 2023
• How procurement in Wales can deliver wellbeing impact, today and for future generations – Cydrannu Session – 19 October 2023
• IT Products and Services(III) Pre-Tender Supplier Engagement Event
• IT Products and Services(III) Customer Engagement Event
• NEC and the Journey to Net Zero
• Show and Tell – 28 September 2023
• Procurex Cymru
• Information hub for procurement professionals in Wales – Cydrannu Session – 26 September 2023
• CPD & contract management
• Contract management… art or science?
• Driving a hard bargain – Skills to help you get contract negotiation right
• Show me the money!
• How did you let it happen?
• Show and Tell – 29 June 2023
• Supporting Net Zero through Procurement: Carbon Reduction Reporting (CRP)
• Applying the Procurement: Sustainable Risk Assessment (P-SRA)
• How can technology help us reach net zero – Cydrannu session – 14th June 2023
• Addressing Scope 3 Procurement and Supply Chain Emissions for Improved Reporting and Carbon Reduction
• Show and Tell – 25 May 2023
• How do you create smart sustainable cities through public procurement?
• Practical tools that support green public procurement
• Show and Tell – 30 March 2023
• International Good Practice – Cydrannu session – 23rd March 2023
• Show and Tell – 2 March 2023
• Show and Tell – 26 January 2023
• Show and Tell – 20 December 2022
• User testing sessions
• Lyreco Goodness
• Show and Tell – 27 July 2023