1. Professor Dermot Cahill Director Institute for Competition & Procurement Studies Bangor University

2. How the Bangor - Anglesey Partnership will help SMEs Anglesey will access Bangor’s Winning in Tendering research and advice in order to improve SME procurement experience Some examples …

3. The Bangor Tender Review Service Tender Review Service Anglesey can, via the procurement feedback process, refer disappointed bidders to our Tender Review Service

4. Procurement Competency Bangor is producing a set of principles to inform a Purchaser Competency Framework that will be SME sensitive

5. Upskill Council Staff with specialist skills Anglesey will upskill key staff by participating in Bangor’s Procurement Masters programme: Other Councils taking part: Powys, Carmarthenshire, Gwynedd, Anglesey

6. Bangor Procurement Masters Procurement Leadership Strategic Procurement Contract Design Procurement Relationships Sustainable Procurement Procurement Law

7. Anglesey will support Procurement Week 2013 March 18-22 2013 Procurement and Innovation Procurement Law Developments Procurement Training

8. Procurement Needs Analysis Bangor will conduct a Procurement Needs Analysis to help Anglesey pinpoint and identify where the procurement process can be improved (both for the Council and for its Suppliers) so that: both have a better experience, and an effective realignment is achieved between Anglesey corporate values and its procurement practice outcomes