Collaborative Procurement will help the public sector get better value from spending on goods and services and deliver real savings across a wide range of categories.

It is unclear whether the current shared service approach across public sector organisations is on a scale sufficient to deliver the value for money savings demanded by the Government.

This PASS Masterclass event will provide delegates with a greater understanding of how a collaborative approach to shared service provision can deliver major benefits.

Collaborative Procurement can be utilised as a means to improve efficiency and drive out the short-term operational costs and long-term implications of meeting the Government's stringent targets through the sharing of common business support activities, while ensuring there is no loss of control over quality or cost.

We will consider a number of approaches and examine the issues to be faced and the challenges to be overcome in this fundamental change to working practices.

This PASS Masterclass will cover a number of issues, including:

• the drivers for shared services
• gaining supporting evidence
• assessment of future business needs
• business-critical risks
• defining the scope
• considering the resource
• technology – what is likely to be required?
• implementation costs – what are they likely to include?
• estimated savings and pay-back period