Contact the Improvement and Procurement Team

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Day to day operational management of procurement services remains with Directorates.  The Council also has a corporate Improvement and Procurement Team (the I and P team) who work with departments supporting the renewal and procurement of all major services. The Team provides guidance and is responsible for the Procurement Framework - 'Everyone Procures'.

The I and P team’s corporate responsibilities are to:

• Develop, own, embed, monitor and maintain the Procurement Strategy, Cycle and Framework;
• Coordinate response to internal/external audit and scrutiny;
• Establish and maintain corporate arrangements for some widely used goods and services, consulting with Service Directorates regarding their requirements.

The I and P team act as internal consultants to support Service Directorates during individual procurements. How involved the team becomes in a procurement is decided by the procurement classification.

In general terms this includes:

• Providing specialist procurement experience and project management in Major procurements;
• Bringing objective and independent challenge to service scope and delivery models during relevant stages of the Procurement Cycle; and
• Reviewing key documents.

You can contact the Improvement and Procurement team by phone on 020 8547 5178, or by using the following email address:

procurement@rbk.kingston.gov.uk