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| "I would like to congratulate the authors of the Collaborative Procurement Guidance, David Mosey and Russell Poynter-Brown, and the Procurement Advisory Group, on the publication of this important document that will have a positive effect on collaboration and culture change within the construction industry. I highlighted poor procurement and contract practice as an area of concern in my Independent Review into Building Regulations and Fire Safety, noting that safety and quality are often sacrificed in favour of seeking the lowest possible price. |
The Industry Safety Steering Group and I were impressed with the hard work that has gone into this report when Russell attended the Group in June 2021. I would like to thank him and David for their commitment to ensuring this guidance has the best opportunity to help improve procurement practices across the industry. The guidance encourages a more holistic approach to procurement as well as the need for collaboration, both of which the ISSG has encouraged in the past, not only within procurement but in other workstreams also. It is also encouraging that the creation of the guidance has been supported by the cross-industry Procurement Advisory Group which demonstrates what can be achieved through collaboration as well as taking into account wider views which are reflected in the guidance. I hope that those involved in procurement across the supply-chain adopt this guidance and use it to improve their practices to reap the benefits of increased collaboration to create safe, high-quality buildings".
Dame Judith Hackitt
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| "Improving procurement practices across the built environment is integral to delivering safe, high-quality buildings. Procurement kick-starts a project, so it is important that the right behaviours are incentivised from the beginning and influence all members of the supply chain to behave in the correct way. Dame Judith Hackitt, in her seminal review of the building safety system, recognised that safety and quality are often sacrificed to achieve the lowest cost, rather than best value for money. Dame Judith was right to argue that delivering value for money and safe, high-performing buildings depend on |
establishing trusted, collaborative partnerships between the client, the contractor, and the rest of the supply chain. This guidance takes this insight as its starting point and provides dutyholders and professionals with practical advice and examples of how to apply the principles of collaborative procurement throughout the lifecycle of the building.
I encourage the sector and in particular dutyholders and procurement professionals to adopt this guidance and implement it into the way they do business. Doing so will help to change incentives, behaviours and ultimately culture across supply chains, which is critical to improving safety and performance of buildings.
I am grateful to the cross-industry Procurement Advisory Group for their oversight of this important document, in particular the lead authors: Professor David Mosey (King's College London) and Russell Poynter-Brown (On-Pole). I look forward to their continued support in helping us to make sure that procurement practice is helping to achieve the outcome that we all want to see: safer, better-quality outcomes for residents."
Lord Greenhalgh