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SPS Consultancy Services . Our first 10 years of making a difference . . . . . Founded as Strategic Procurement Services in 2001by Ken Cole and Rowena Ward. Rebranded as SPS Consultancy Services Ltd in 2008.
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SPS Consultancy Services Our first 10 years of making a difference . . . .
Founded as Strategic Procurement Services in 2001by Ken Cole and Rowena Ward Rebranded as SPS Consultancy Services Ltd in 2008
We are a specialist consultancy supporting our clients in achieving sustainable cash savings and service delivery improvements in their commissioning and procurement activities.
Strategy and Planning • Business case development and implementation • Evidence based procurement strategies • Procurement reviews • Board level presentations • Change management Our Services Cashable SavingsDelivery • Spend and opportunity analysis • eAuctionsdelivery • Category planning • Supplier arbitrage • Negotiation programmes Strategic Skills Transfer • Category Management • Supplier Relationship Development • Make or Buy • Driving up Data Standards • Contract and Relationship Management • Interpreting Expenditure Data
Our Consulting Ethos • Leading edge thinking, innovationand action– White Papers / boardroom briefings • Providing publicly available educationaland advisoryserviceson our Website at no cost • Leaving a lasting impression of professionalism, trustworthinessand reliability • Ethical Charter – improving the image of consultancy through fixed price bids, sharingoutcomeswith other clients and not charging for material already paid for by others • Skillsand knowledgetransferto our clients
Over 50 clients since our formation – many of them providing repeat business Mixture of public and private clients but predominantly local government • Airbus • Coding International Ltd • SmartWater • CIPS • Office Depot • L B Enfield • Capital One • London Councils • Hertfordshire CC • Procurement Agency for Essex • Improvement East • National e-Procurement Project (NePP) • Kent CC • Shropshire CC • Essex CC • Dacorum DC • Stirling Council • Clackmannanshire Council • Companies House • Bridgend CBC • St Andrew’s Hospital • L B Hammersmith & Fulham • L B Hackney / Netstore • Buckinghamshire CC
Setting up the Procurement Agency for Essex and providing its first Director (2003/4) Setting up the London Centre of Excellence (2004/5) and providing its Director (2005 to 2008) Some Major Achievements Developing and establishing ProClass across English local government (2006) Running the first multi-authority ICT e-Auction in London (2007) making a £3.8m saving Providing the first business case for client purchasing cards in Adult Social Care at Kent County Council (2004) Introducing Supplier Relationship Development to local Government (2009-11)
Press Coverage. Read these articles in detail on our website:www.sps-consultancy.co.uk/about/media-coverage.html
Find out more at: www.sps-consultancy.co.uk
Keep in touch . . . . Subscribe to our newsletter . . . . Procurement in the Front Line news@sps-consultancy.co.uk Follow Ken on: @SPSKen Ken Cole