Guidance

Lean sourcing: guidance for public sector buyers

A 'standard solution' to help introduce lean sourcing to your organisation and manage the process, with templates and briefing packs.

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Briefing pack: procurement staff

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Briefing pack: policy and project managers

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Procurement route decision tree

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Value stream map: open procedure

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Value stream map: restricted procedure

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Value stream map: competitive dialogue

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Standard operating procedures: open procedure

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Standard operating procedures: restricted procedure

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Standard operating procedures: competitive procedure

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Visual management pack: stakeholder boot camp

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Visual management pack: industry boot camp

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Visual management pack: project performance hub

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Visual management pack: competitive dialogue boot camp

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Visual management template library

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KPI pack

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KPI calculator

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Outline solution template

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Details

Documents include:

  • the procurement route decision tree - a tool to assist procurement professionals to think through and identify the most appropriate procurement route for the requirement
  • value stream maps (also known as a route maps) - these set out the key stages from the identification of the business need to the award of the contract
  • standard operating procedures (SOPs) - a set of high level desk instructions describing the best known method for carrying out the activities described in the value stream map
  • the visual management template library - all the standard templates that you need to run a lean procurement
  • KPI pack - guidance on key performance indicators (KPIs) for procurement turnaround times, departmental costs, supplier bid costs and resource capability
  • the outline solution template for the competitive dialogue procedure - to send out to suppliers for them to outline their initial proposals and to inform the start of the dialogue

Updates to this page

Published 31 July 2012
Last updated 29 June 2015 + show all updates
  1. Added new standard operating procedure documents (open and restricted) to reflect the changes that have been brought about by the new Public Contracts Regulations 2015

  2. First published.

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