The Case For Differentiated Procurement Education - IPSERA 2011 Debate

1. Does public and private sector procurement education merit a separate syllabus? Dr Gordon Murray

2. You can have the right professional qualification but does that mean you know the right things?

4. The debate is not about difference I don’t want a different public sector procurement qualification, I want all the private sector procurement knowledge plus public sector dimensions

5. Defining procurement and all that stuff Strategic needs assessment Decide priorities and outcomes Plan and design services Optional appraisal Sourcing Delivery Monitor and review The commissioning cycle Determine the need Supplier selection Contracting Ordering Expediting Follow-up/ evaluation The purchasing cycle procurement

6. To define the local government procurement ‘professional’ follow the money Dir Social Services (ADSS) Asset mgrs (RICS ) Waste managers (IWM ) Highways eng. (CHIT) Architects (RIBA) ICT (SOCITM) Marketing (CIM) Procurement (CIPS) GPs Spend University provision of procurement education

8. The ideal would be a comprehensive procurement education for motivated students without a time constraint but “… the time is short ”

9. If you have to ration/prioritise, where do you start? Segmentation and targeting

15. The answer is in the word ‘merit’ Justice to students & sponsors Breadth & depth of the body of knowledge Merit common core content, targeted at range of levels & ‘ sector specific’ essential content but not always separate delivery Given time constraint + + =

16. The answer is in the word ‘merit’ Justice to students & sponsors Breadth & depth of the body of knowledge Merit common core content, targeted at range of levels & ‘ sector specific’ essential content but not always separate delivery Given time constraint + + =