29 PaLS and CPD-HP BSO PaLS & CPD-HP Ongoing Reporting to BSO PaLS PaLS continues PaLS continues PaLS continues to should continue to RPB in already well to engage with to engage with engage with CPD on work with CPD core autumn of engaged with CPD on CPD on standardisation of and other CoPEs to each year. CPD to this end standardisation standardisation documentation and standardise and are an of of use of eTendersNI documentation and extensive user documentation documentation system. ensure consistency of of systems and and use of and use of approach where have been eTendersNI eTendersNI possible/appropriate active in system. system. (page 44) encouraging to common approaches. 30 HSC organisations All ALBs Ongoing Existing Not monitored No exceptions Not monitored should make the fullest reporting to reported possible use of the DHSSPS newly implemented business systems and work collaboratively with BSO Shared Services to improve prompt payment performance (page 44) 31 PaLS and CPD-HP Targets to be Ongoing Minutes of 19 BSO PaLS have Targeting Two events PaLS attending should continue to suggested to RPB by January committed to attendance at attended so far event in Cork in work with CPD and BSO PaLS, with HP meeting. two events in a minimum of in 16/17. November. enterprise agencies to input, by 19 January March 2016: 4 events in Procurex remove barriers to meeting. Derry 16/17. Ireland and tendering by engaging Meet Armagh Council with prospective the BSO Director of tenderers as a Buyer Operations
29 PaLS and CPD-HP should continue to work with CPD core and other CoPEs to standardise documentation and ensure consistency of approach where possible/appropriate (page 44) BSO PaLS & CPD-HP Ongoing Reporting to RPB in autumn of each year. BSO PaLS already well engaged with CPD to this end and are an extensive user of systems and have been active in encouraging to common approaches. PaLS continues to engage with CPD on standardisation of documentation and use of eTendersNI system. PaLS continues to engage with CPD on standardisation of documentation and use of eTendersNI system. PaLS continues to engage with CPD on standardisation of documentation and use of eTendersNI system. 30 HSC organisations should make the fullest possible use of the newly implemented business systems and work collaboratively with BSO Shared Services to improve prompt payment performance (page 44) All ALBs Ongoing Existing reporting to DHSSPS Not monitored No exceptions reported Not monitored 31 PaLS and CPD-HP should continue to work with CPD and enterprise agencies to remove barriers to tendering by engaging with prospective tenderers as a Targets to be suggested to RPB by BSO PaLS, with HP input, by 19 January meeting. Ongoing Minutes of 19 January meeting. BSO PaLS have committed to two events in March 2016: Derry Meet the Buyer Targeting attendance at a minimum of 4 events in 16/17. BSO Director of Operations Two events attended so far in 16/17. Procurex Ireland and Armagh Council PaLS attending event in Cork in November.
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