Public Procurement Skills Zone Agenda
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Whilst understanding regulated public procurement is a vital part of gaining value for money and legal compliance for many contracting authorities, the effective and efficient delivery of non-regulated procurement across public bodies is also key as it involves a wider stakeholder group. This session will provide guidance on the delivery of non-regulated procurement for those tasked with it. |
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement

Eddie Regan
- 10:00 - 10:30
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement
Eddie is BiP Solutions’ Principal Procurement Consultant and working alongside the Client Services team, he frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. For the last 21 years Eddie has lectured regularly on procurement policy and processes at conferences and events, both on behalf of BiP and for a variety of other organisations. He also provides in-house training on the tendering process to personnel in both the public and private sectors.
For most public procurers in Scotland it’s a case of determining whether or not the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 apply to their procurement exercise. However there are a number of other sets of regulations that apply in specific circumstances for:
- procurement conducted by utility organisations;
- where procuring works or services on a concession basis;
- for defence and security requirements; and,
- EU funded procurements which may also have to follow separate regulations as a condition of their funding.
This session is designed to explain these different sets of regulations, where they may come into play and also what to do if you have a procurement that is covered by more than one of them.
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement

Eddie Regan
- 10:45 - 11:15
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement
Eddie is BiP Solutions’ Principal Procurement Consultant and working alongside the Client Services team, he frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. For the last 21 years Eddie has lectured regularly on procurement policy and processes at conferences and events, both on behalf of BiP and for a variety of other organisations. He also provides in-house training on the tendering process to personnel in both the public and private sectors.
This session will discuss some of the challenges faced by procurers who want to deliver social, economic or environmental benefits through procurement exercises. We’ll review relevant legislation and guidance and provide some examples of some of outcomes that may be achieved by using public procurement to deliver wider benefits to our communities.
Phill Kinnell
Senior Consultant
PASS Procurement

Phill Kinnell
- 11:30 - 12:00
Phill Kinnell
Senior Consultant
PASS Procurement
Phil regularly provides advice and support to both public and private sector clients, handling a wide variety of procurement and tendering-related questions and challenges.
Phil has delivered presentations on procurement regulation, policy and processes at numerous public sector tendering and training events covering a diverse range of procurement-related topics, on behalf of both BiP Solutions and other organisations including the Scottish Government, the Supplier Development Programme and the Higher Education Procurement Academy.
During a two-year secondment to the Scottish Government’s procurement policy team Phil supported the transposition of the new procurement legislation, created and delivered a comprehensive training programme on the legislative changes and also delivered support to the Government’s Single Point of Enquiry and their European Structural Funds Team.
Before joining PASS, Phil spent three years as Interoperability Manager for the UK Government’s Supply2.gov.uk service. During this time he worked with public sector organisations to increase the number of opportunities available to SMEs through the portal, and with business support organisations and trade associations to help the SME community take advantage of this resource.
More recently, Phil has delivered a wide variety of procurement projects both in the UK and internationally, including providing UK defence exporters with a comprehensive guide to supplying the Japanese Ministry of Defence and wider defence sector (a Foreign and Commonwealth Office project); and delivery of a tailored procurement function to a UK contracting authority (including knowledge transfer, handbook and ongoing procurement support). He is currently writing a Foundation Course on public procurement for the Caribbean region.
Have you ever struggled, trying to decide how to score elements within a specification?
Do you realise that not everything you want to get from your contract needs to have a weighting or a score assigned to it?
This session will consider certain deliverables that you may want to get from your contract and how you can achieve this without having to try and weight them.
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement

Eddie Regan
- 13:00 - 13:30
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement
Eddie is BiP Solutions’ Principal Procurement Consultant and working alongside the Client Services team, he frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. For the last 21 years Eddie has lectured regularly on procurement policy and processes at conferences and events, both on behalf of BiP and for a variety of other organisations. He also provides in-house training on the tendering process to personnel in both the public and private sectors.
Procurement Fraud costs the public sector millions of pounds per annum and is an issue that needs better addressed. This session takes a high level overview of the key areas that need monitoring and identifies the Red Flags to fraud to watch out for. We will also identify some of the steps that can be taken to tackle procurement fraud, from Spend and Recovery Audits to Data Analytics.
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement

Eddie Regan
- 13:45 - 14:15
Eddie Regan
Principal Consultant
PASS Procurement
Eddie is BiP Solutions’ Principal Procurement Consultant and working alongside the Client Services team, he frequently assists public sector organisations with clarification and interpretation of EU Directives and a wide variety of legislative issues. For the last 21 years Eddie has lectured regularly on procurement policy and processes at conferences and events, both on behalf of BiP and for a variety of other organisations. He also provides in-house training on the tendering process to personnel in both the public and private sectors.
Getting the most from your contract and your contractor requires good Management Information on what is happening throughout the duration of the contract.
One way of ensuring this, is to make certain that the quality measures match the deliverables and that the KPIs and Service Levels are regularly checked for compliance.
This session considers some of the key factors in measuring quality and suggests some ideas to consider.
Phill Kinnell
Senior Consultant
PASS Procurement

Phill Kinnell
- 14:30 - 15:00
Phill Kinnell
Senior Consultant
PASS Procurement
Phil regularly provides advice and support to both public and private sector clients, handling a wide variety of procurement and tendering-related questions and challenges.
Phil has delivered presentations on procurement regulation, policy and processes at numerous public sector tendering and training events covering a diverse range of procurement-related topics, on behalf of both BiP Solutions and other organisations including the Scottish Government, the Supplier Development Programme and the Higher Education Procurement Academy.
During a two-year secondment to the Scottish Government’s procurement policy team Phil supported the transposition of the new procurement legislation, created and delivered a comprehensive training programme on the legislative changes and also delivered support to the Government’s Single Point of Enquiry and their European Structural Funds Team.
Before joining PASS, Phil spent three years as Interoperability Manager for the UK Government’s Supply2.gov.uk service. During this time he worked with public sector organisations to increase the number of opportunities available to SMEs through the portal, and with business support organisations and trade associations to help the SME community take advantage of this resource.
More recently, Phil has delivered a wide variety of procurement projects both in the UK and internationally, including providing UK defence exporters with a comprehensive guide to supplying the Japanese Ministry of Defence and wider defence sector (a Foreign and Commonwealth Office project); and delivery of a tailored procurement function to a UK contracting authority (including knowledge transfer, handbook and ongoing procurement support). He is currently writing a Foundation Course on public procurement for the Caribbean region.