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Public Procurement

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Meeting: 14/09/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Public Procurement: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

6.1 The Members considered the evidence received and the Chair will write to the Welsh Government with their views.

Meeting: 14/09/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Public Procurement: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-17-20 Paper 2 – Welsh Government

PAC(5)-17-20 Paper 3 – Letter from the Welsh Government on the Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

PAC(5)-17-20 Paper 4 – Letter from the Welsh Government on the Procurement of school meals

 

Andrew Slade – Director General, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

Dean Medcraft - Director- Finance & Operations, Welsh Government

Marcella Maxwell - Deputy Director, Commercial Procurement and Group Strategy, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

4.1 The Members questioned the witnesses on Public Procurement.

4.2 Andrew Slade agreed to send additional information on a number of issues raised.

Meeting: 16/03/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Public Procurement: Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Infrastructure & Skills Committee (28 February 2020)

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Meeting: 24/02/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Public Procurement: Letter from the Welsh Government (11 February 2020)

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Meeting: 06/01/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Public Procurement: Letter from the Welsh Government (4 December 2019)

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Meeting: 13/05/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Public Procurement: Letter from the Welsh Government (30 April 2019)

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Meeting: 25/03/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Public Procurement: Consideration of draft letter

PAC(5)-09-19 Paper 5 – Letter from the Welsh Government (13 March 2019)

PAC(5)-09-19 Paper 6 – Draft letter

 

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Minutes:

5.1 Members considered and agreed the draft letter, subject to having sight of the correspondence which raised concern about compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Meeting: 18/02/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Public Procurement - Next Steps: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

5.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 18/02/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Public Procurement - Next Steps: Evidence session with the Welsh Government

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 1 – Welsh Government paper on the Review of the National Procurement Services and Value Wales

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 2 – Response from the Future Generations Commissioner

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 3 – Response from NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 4 – Response from Dr Jane Lynch, Cardiff University

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 5 – Response from the Welsh Local Government Association

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 6 – Response from Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales

PAC(5)-05-19 Paper 7 – Response from Cardiff Council

 

Andrew Slade – Director General, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

Marion Stapleton – Deputy Director, Cross Cutting Services Strategy team, Welsh Government

Jonathan Hopkins - Deputy Director Commercial & Procurement, Welsh Government

 

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Minutes:

3.1 Members received evidence from Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group; Marion Stapleton, Deputy Director, Cross Cutting Services Strategy Team, and Jonathan Hopkins, Deputy Director Commercial & Procurement from the Welsh Government as part of their inquiry into Public Procurement.

3.2 Andrew Slade agreed to advise the Committee of the costs incurred which are not recoverable (sunk costs) for the creation and maintenance of the NPS, including all advice and investments undertaken by the Welsh Government, together with IT and staff costs.

Meeting: 08/10/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Public Procurement in Wales and the National Procurement Service

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-26-18 Paper 2 – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance (5 September 2018)

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Minutes:

4.1 Members considered the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and agreed to hold an evidence session with the Welsh Government later this term.

Meeting: 30/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Public Procurement: Letter from the Welsh Government (23 April 2018)

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Meeting: 16/04/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Public Procurement: Letter from the Welsh Government (20 March 2018)

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Meeting: 19/03/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Public Procurement: Consideration of Terms of Reference for National Procurement Service Review

PAC(5)-09-18 Paper 2 - Terms of Reference

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Minutes:

5.1 Members considered and discussed the Terms of Reference for the Welsh Government’s Review into the National Procurement Service.

5.2 It was agreed that, the Chair would write to the Welsh Government with the Committee’s comments on the terms of reference together with their initial views from this inquiry and return to it, on publication of the Review, in the autumn.

Meeting: 05/03/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Public Procurement: Additional information from Caerphilly County Borough Council (19 February)

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Meeting: 05/03/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Public Procurement: Additional information from the Future Generations Commissioner (14 February)

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Meeting: 05/03/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Public Procurement: Evidence Session 4

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-07-08 Paper 2 – Welsh Government

 

Andrew Slade – Director General, Economy, Skills and Natural Resources

Sue Moffatt – Commercial Director, Welsh Government & Director - National Procurement Service

Jonathan Hopkins - Head of Procurement, Welsh Government

 

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Minutes:

4.1 Members received evidence from Andrew Slade, Director General, Economy, Skills and Natural Resources; Sue Moffatt, Commercial Director, Welsh Government & Director - National Procurement Service; and Jonathan Hopkins, Head of Procurement, Welsh Government as part of their inquiry into public procurement.

4.2 Andrew Slade agreed to send further information on a number of points raised.

Meeting: 05/03/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Public Procurement: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 05/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Public Procurement: Evidence Session 2 (By video conference)

PAC(5)-04-18 Paper 3 – Denbighshire County Council

 

Mike Halstead – Head of Audit and Procurement, Conwy County Borough Council

Arwel Staples – Strategic Procurement Manager, Denbighshire County Council

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee took evidence from Mike Halstead, Head of Audit and Procurement, Conwy County Borough Council and Arwel Staples, Strategic Procurement Manager, Denbighshire County Council as part of their inquiry into public procurement.

 

Meeting: 05/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Public Procurement: Committee correspondence

PAC(5)-04-18 PTN 1 - Inquiry into Public Procurement: Response from Natural Resources Wales

PAC(5)-04-18 PTN 2 - Inquiry into Public Procurement: Response from NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

PAC(5)-04-18 PTN 3 - Inquiry into Public Procurement: Response from Welsh Government

PAC(5)-04-18 PTN 4 - Inquiry into Public Procurement: Response from Welsh Local Government Association

PAC(5)-04-18 PTN 5 - Inquiry into Public Procurement: Response from Jayne Lynch – Cardiff University

PAC(5)-04-18 PTN 6 - Inquiry into Public Procurement: Response from Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW)

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Minutes:

4.1 The responses were noted.

Meeting: 05/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 9)

Public Procurement: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

9.1 The evidence was considered.

Meeting: 05/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

7 Public Procurement: Evidence Session 3

PAC(5)-04-18 Paper 4 – Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

 

Sophie Howe – Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Dr Eurgain Powell - Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

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Minutes:

7.1 The Committee took evidence from Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and Dr Eurgain Powell, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales as part of their inquiry into public procurement.

 

Meeting: 05/02/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Public Procurement: Evidence Session 1

Research Briefing

 

PAC(5)-04-18 Paper 1 – Caerphilly County Borough Council

PAC(5)-04-18 Paper 2 – Cardiff Council

 

Liz Lucas – Head of Procurement, Caerphilly County Borough Council

Steve Robinson - Head of Procurement, Cardiff Council

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Minutes:

5.1 The Committee took evidence from Liz Lucas, Head of Procurement, Caerphilly County Borough Council and Steve Robinson, Head of Procurement, Cardiff Council as part of their inquiry into public procurement.

5.2 Liz Lucas agreed to send details of types and value of goods and services that Caerphilly CBC have purchased through the Crown Commercial Service framework.

Meeting: 15/01/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Public Procurement: Welsh Government response to the Auditor General's Report

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Meeting: 11/12/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

7 Public Procurement in Wales: Auditor General for Wales Reports

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-32-17 Paper 4- Welsh Government response to the Auditor General for Wales Report on the Public Procurement in Wales (6 November 2017)

PAC(5)-32-17 Paper 5 - Auditor General for Wales Report on the National Procurement Service

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Minutes:

7.1 The Committee received a briefing on the Auditor General’s Report on the National Procurement Service which was published on 30 November. Members had already agreed to undertake an inquiry into Public Procurement following publication of his earlier report on Public Procurement - Landscape Review on 23 October.

7.2 Members noted that evidence sessions will be scheduled for the spring 2018 term.

Meeting: 13/11/2017 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2.3)

Public Procurement in Wales: Welsh Government Response to the Auditor General for Wales' Report (6 November 2017)

 

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