Value Wales Bulletin 383 In this week’s Issue:

News:
Save the Date

• Home Grown Talent Project - Final Review
• Have You Submitted Your National Procurement Award Nomination?  2 Weeks to go and Counting
• Procurement Week: Spectacular Speakers

News Carried Over

• SQuID Training, Aberystwyth
• Transposition Date Set: Public Contract Regulations 2015 Coming Into Force in February
• Procurement Week: Book Your Place Now
• Competition and Markets Authority Consultation
• Procurement Best Practice Academy Celebrates First Year
• Joint Sustainability Risk Assessment and Community Benefits Awareness Sessions

Job Vacancies

• • Procurement Category Manager – Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Category Manager: IM&T – NHS Wales Shared Services
• *New* Procurement & Contracts Manager: Dyfed-Powys Police

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The attachments within the Value Wales bulletin are shown below:

Transposition Date Set - Public Contract Regulations 2015 coming into force in February

Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Q & A
Top 10 Changes

Procurement Category Manager - Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC

Procurement Catagory Manager

Date Set for New Public Contract Regulations - 26 February 2015

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 were laid in Parliament on 5th February 2015 and are due to come into force on 26th February 2015. The new public procurement rules will apply to new procurement exercises commenced on or after 26th February 2015.

UK Government’s Response to Consultation on new PCR In addition, the UK Government has now published its response to the consultation on the draft Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Training 
The Value Wales training provider, SBV Ltd., has training courses on the new Regulations scheduled for 20th February and 20th March 2015 in Waterton Centre, Bridgend. To book
on these courses, please e-mail SBV Ltd.

Further Information
As provided in previous bulletins, a summary of the top 10 changes from a procurement policy perspective that Value Wales has produced is attached, along with Q & A provided
by Crown Commercial Services. In addition, the European Commission has published fact sheets on its website outlining the key points in the new procurement rules which you
may find useful.

If you have any queries, please contact the Value Wales Policy mailbox.