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September 18, 2007
Congratulations to the Central Buying Consortium
A few weeks ago I was criticising the CBC for not getting the best deals available.
Now I happily take my hat off to them- they have been active while the MLA twittered about.
CBC have issued a tender for the purchase of £66m books over two years-- obviously they have recruited some more and big authorities in order to build more bulk in their purchasing. Well done, I say. Somebody is thinking about the future.
I cheerfully take back my criticisms of the other week.
Posted by Tim Coates at September 18, 2007 9:01 PM
Comments
Also, just to note Tim that this time around the contract is a framework agreement, which gives more flexibility whilst the consortium is under contract, which presumably is designed to make sure that over the term of the contract, discounts and methods do not become outdated as they have in the current incarnation.
Posted by: A Reed at September 19, 2007 8:42 AM
This all sounds excellent. I shouldn't give away secrets but one would look for
1. Big incentives for increased stock funds
2. Big incentives for standard and simple processing - both at suppliers and especially within councils-- and that includes cataloguing!!
3. Really simple contracts that actually bind the parties (which current ones don't do)
Posted by: tim at September 20, 2007 12:16 AM