Tendering, Commissioning and Procurement Links
Some useful links:
The Devon situation
Devon Children’s Trust Joint Commissioning - http://www.devonchildrenstrust.org.uk/section4/jointcommissioning.html
The Devon Compact - http://www.dacvs.org.uk/compact.html
The South West Peninsula Framework
Devon County Council procurement - http://www.devon.gov.uk/procurement.htm
Help on Consortia
An example partnership agreement:
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/collaborativeworking/index.asp?id=3005
http://www.navca.org.uk/localvs/infobank/ilpunews/partnershipprotocol.htm
General Commissioning & Procurement
Tendering for Care - general information - http://www.tenderingforcare.com/
Office of the Third Sector - http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector.aspx
One Voice - information from Durham about Procurement
http://www.onevoice.co.uk/ovn/Themes.nsf/LookupUnid/41D8327D8D5C7D518025726C00395E7E?opendocument
Procurement principles (Office of Government Commerce)
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/introduction_to_procurement_procurement_principals.asp
Trying to find out who else is out there:
http://www.dacvs.org.uk/ (Devon Association of CVS)
http://www.devonline.gov.uk/community (a database of some VCS organisations)
http://devon.childrensservicedirectory.org.uk (a database of organisations delivering children’s services)
http://www.spdirectory.org.uk/ (a national database of organisations delivering supported accommodation for adults & children)
http://www.yell.com (the yellow pages!)
http://www.communitiesinaction.org.uk (a database of rural community aspirations & community plans)
