Status Report 04/11/19

Report Date
November 2019

Key Activities since last report 

Pilot

  • Ongoing meetings have taken place with key stakeholders since the pilot hub launch including:-

    • Meetings held with RBS to agree an approach for the implementation of Procurement Cards for use during the pilot Hub with cards expected to be in place for use w/c 4 November 2019.
    • Meetings with IGMM staff/Managers to ensure change in way of working to use new e-form and plan to revoke e-Financials access for certain staff.
    • Meeting with RBS to agree set-up requirements for export file to system for VAT.
    • Meeting with IGMM to agree implementation timelines for widening participation areas.
  • Interim P-Card policy and procedure has been drafted.
  • Initial meetings have been arranged with widening participation areas for the pilot hub to discuss and agree timelines for possible participation.
  • Pilot hub monitoring and review plan has been drafted and first formal review meeting has been scheduled.

Wider Procurement

  • Ongoing attendance at procurement core design workshops.
  • Structured planning document has been drafted.
  • Further people data validation meetings have taken place with schools and colleges.
  • Head of Procurement Hubs appointed.
  • Head of Contract Management appointed.
  • Response has been drafted to Estates scenarios with next steps being a workshop to review and discuss in detail.
  • JULC briefing document has been drafted and approved by Project Sponsor.

Key Milestones since last report  

  • Appointment of the Head of Procurement Hubs
  • Appointment of the Head of Contract Management

Upcoming Activities  

Pilot

  • RBS Smart Data training to be undertaken by pilot hub staff.
  • Interim P-Card Policy & Procedure to be reviewed/approved. 
  • Liaise with IGMM to set up direct system access for Pilot Hub for IGMM Cancer Team.
  • Codes for IGMM Procurement Card Programme to be forwarded to RBS to allow RBS Smart Data online implementation.
  • Training for IGMM Hub Staff on Hunter Database.
  • Meetings with pilot widening participation areas to agree next steps.
  • Further measures of success for the pilot Hub are to be identified with an approach for measurement agreed.

Wider Procurement

  • Planning activities with KPMG re data/service design.
  • Further planning and implementation work around people validation activity.
  • Further participation in the procurement core design workshops (Procurement and Receiving & Inventory). 
  • Estates scenarios follow-up meeting (to include Strategic Procurement, AP and Inoapps).
  • JULC Union engagement meeting.

Upcoming Milestones  

None

Key Activities/Milestones planned not delivered  

None

Risks and Issues for escalation  

None

New/changed Risks and Issues for information  

None

Project Status
RAG Status
Time
AMBER
Cost
AMBER
Scope
AMBER
Overall
AMBER
RAG Commentary
Project status has moved from red to amber to reflect the additional consultancy resource allocated to the project.
Change Status
Has formal escalation taken place?
No
Activity
Approved budget
0.0 days
Activity this month
0.0 days
Activity this year
0.0 days
Activity to date
0.0 days
Estimate to complete current year
0.0 days
Estimate to complete future years
0.0 days

Project Info

Project
Procurement Service
Code
SEPFTP012
Programme
Service Excellence - Finance Transformation Programme (SEPFTP)
Management Office
Service Excellence PMO
Project Manager
Emma Wright
Project Sponsor
Ashley Shannon
Current Stage
Execute
Status
In Progress
Start Date
18-Feb-2019
Planning Date
30-Apr-2019
Delivery Date
n/a
Close Date
n/a
Overall Priority
Normal

Documentation

Not available.