Nick Wright ICT Services Manager Demonstrating Assurance and Best Practice in IT Procurement

Blackpool & The Fylde College

Challenges of an Ageing IT Infrastructure Consistent Lack of Investment Capacity Problems Poor Maintenance Future Challenges Delivering FELTAG Recommendations Increasingly Demanding Customers Access Anywhere Anytime Safety and Security Wide ranging technology refresh

Funding Department for Business Innovation and Skills Skills Funding Agency Local Enterprise Partnerships European Social Fund Local Employers

Accountability Increasing demands from sources of funding to demonstrate value in IT procurement Internal and External Demonstrable due diligence Demonstrating commercial insight Best use of resources

Gathering and presenting documentation Historical purchasing data Being “auditable” Involving your Procurement and Finance Teams Reporting Benchmarking performance Delivering Assurance

IT Procurement Toolkit Brings the Assurance Elements together Quote request history Supplier directory Historical purchases Price benchmarking Historical pricing Framework performance Share with teams outside IT

Central to processing all IT purchases, large and small Benchmark tool for all suppliers to measure pricing performance Drives best practice in procurement

A Case Study 28 th May 2014, the goal to procure 140 Cisco 2602i wireless access points. The amounts below are price per unit ex. vat. Incumbent Supplier £ Knowledgebus IT Edition£ Actual Price Achieved£ On the 21 st July 2014 a further request for 311 Cisco 2702i access points (the new upgraded model) achieved a per unit price of £263.89