Corporate Procurement is responsible for developing and implementing Land Registry-wide procurement policy. The team is based primarily at Seaton Court in Plymouth and Head Office in London. One of our key responsibilities is to ensure we serve our internal customers effectively and obtain the best value for money. We foster excellent professional relationships and work with suppliers in the manner most appropriate to the contract. The team has the skills to work with suppliers of all kinds. We follow the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) code of good practice for customers and suppliers (PDF 114kb). As well as setting up our own contracts, we use framework contracts set up by other government departments that have already been through the competition and tender process. We also use OGC Buying Solutions’ Catalist frameworks. “This is an exciting time for Corporate Procurement, as Land Registry embarks upon a programme of significant change. “Part of this change has been the recognition of procurement as a strategic function, tasked with ensuring that the best value for money is obtained from all external expenditure. This is in keeping with current Treasury thinking in Transforming Government Procurement, published in January 2007.” Tim Leaver, Chief Procurement Officer |
