The Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE)
Established in April 2004, the Procurement Agency for Essex was the UK's first example of a genuinely cross public sector, self–funding & county wide Procurement organisation.
The role of the PAE is to promote & facilitate collaborative procurement across Essex. The PAE provides the following services:
- Managing projects to bring about a range of better procurement outcomes
- Hosting forums to share procurement best practice, knowledge, information, documentation and capacity
- Providing training and procurement related commercial support to member organisations
- Acting as a voice for Essex procurement both regionally and nationally
- Promoting & maintaining high procurement standards across Essex
PAE 2010 was established in September 2009 to address the strategic issues that lead to inefficiencies and unnecessary costs to public bodies. The programme focuses on resource scarcity, fragmented markets and duplication of effort within the context of increasing demand for public services.
PAE 2010 seeks to establish a collaborative approach to category management, procurement and supplier relationship development across the Essex public sector.
Initially PAE 2010 will concentrate on developing projects in the following three pilot areas:
- ICT
- Commercial Fleet
- Passenger Transport
PAE 2010 seeks to prove the concept of regional cross public sector collaborative procurement by September 2010.
To find out more about how your Essex public sector organisation can get involved and benefit from PAE 2010, email the project team or visit the Communities of Practice website and join the PAE 2010 community network. Registration provides access to up to date project and programme information.
The Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE)
- Basildon District Council
- Braintree District Council
- Brentwood Borough Council
- Castlepoint Borough Council
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Colchester Borough Council
- Essex County Council
- Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
- Epping Forest District Council
- Greenfields Community Housing
- Harlow District Council
- Maldon District Council
- Rochford District Council
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
- St Georges Community Housing
- Tendring District Council
- Thurrock Council
- Uttlesford District Council
As a PAE member you are entitled to access the BiP Select Service where you can:
- Access innovative products and services from wide range of suppliers
- Search the database by location, product or service to assist in expanding and stimulating competition in your supplier base
- Access a profile of each business listed to quickly pinpoint the right type of product or service and generate a shortlist
- Easy access to a pool of specialists with experience in niche markets
- The ability to develop existing supplier base free of charge/li>
- The ability to locate more competitive businesses resulting in better value procurement solutions
- Access to real-time supplier information
To register as a PAE Member, please click here.
For more information please read the PAE Annual Report 2007
For more information please read the PAE Annual Report 2005/2006