Corporate Objective No 3: To Pursue and Deliver Excellence through Continuous Improvement Report on Board Action Plan Risk Description Current Controls Assurances Action By Whom Comment Risk Score End (Include DATE ADDED) Date L I S Rate 11. There is a risk 3 3 9 Medium Additional HSCB led Task BSO PaLS to engage AD PaLS BSO PaLS funding has been to BSO reputation resources and Finish Group with DHSSPS in an secured from the Department and customer deployed through was established effort to secure for 3 WTEs to provide satisfaction due to PaLS framework to address adequate funding to procurement advice and the limited resource for specialist prospective support the current support on tenders based on available to support procurement changes to EU arrangements capacity; however Trusts in support to ensure Directives and UK forward. dependencies remain on the undertaking Social services are Legislation and HSCB Task & Finish Group. Care supplied to HSC resource HSCB produce a Task & procurements. organisations. limitations. Finish report. The Task & Finish Group Dir of Ops and AD PaLS report recommends met with HSCB CEx on extending the existing role for Risk 6 July 2015 to progress BSO PaLS in supporting Dir of Ops the issue. HSC organisations to include undertaking all over EU Type of risk: A report was threshold procurements. Social; subsequently brought to Partnership / and discussed at the The Task & Finish Group Contractual; Regional Procurement also recommends additional Legislative / on 24 July 2015. support from BSO PaLS and regulatory; funding for this remains a Customer/citizen; The matter remains significant barrier to progress Financial; unresolved and and is as yet unresolved. correspondence was Risk Added: drafted for BSO CEx to to HSCB CEx. 29.01.15 Following a meeting between HSCB and BSO on 30 September, a revised options appraisal is submitted to HSCB and
Corporate Objective No 3: To Pursue and Deliver Excellence through Continuous Improvement Report on Board Action Plan Risk Description (Include DATE ADDED) Current Risk Score Controls Assurances Action By Whom End Date Comment L I S Rate 11. There is a risk to BSO reputation and customer satisfaction due to the limited resource available to support Trusts in undertaking Social Care procurements. Risk Dir of Ops Type of risk: Social; Partnership / Contractual; Legislative / regulatory; Customer/citizen; Financial; Risk Added: 29.01.15 3 3 9 Medium Additional resources deployed through PaLS framework for specialist procurement support to ensure services are supplied to HSC organisations. HSCB led Task and Finish Group was established to address prospective changes to EU Directives and UK Legislation and resource limitations. BSO PaLS to engage with DHSSPS in an effort to secure adequate funding to support the current arrangements forward. HSCB produce a Task & Finish report. Dir of Ops and AD PaLS met with HSCB CEx on 6 July 2015 to progress the issue. A report was subsequently brought to and discussed at the Regional Procurement on 24 July 2015. The matter remains unresolved and correspondence was drafted for BSO CEx to to HSCB CEx. Following a meeting between HSCB and BSO on 30 September, a revised options appraisal is submitted to HSCB and AD PaLS BSO PaLS funding has been secured from the Department for 3 WTEs to provide procurement advice and support on tenders based on capacity; however dependencies remain on the HSCB Task & Finish Group. The Task & Finish Group report recommends extending the existing role for BSO PaLS in supporting HSC organisations to include undertaking all over EU threshold procurements. The Task & Finish Group also recommends additional support from BSO PaLS and funding for this remains a significant barrier to progress and is as yet unresolved.
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