Pathways through the Maze
Do we need ISO?
LCPU leaflet
We have received enquiries recently about the Department for Work and Pensions and the Merlin Standard. The final version of the Merlin Standard has now been published and will be put into use.
This report from CIPFA and the Public Management and Policy Association looks at how far the personalisation agenda has advanced, with a focus on commissioning.
This new report looks at the experiences of local authorities up and down the UK in developing new ways of commissioning public services, working with partners in the private and voluntary sectors to rethink how services could operate.
A new report, 'Stimulating new markets - commissioning social enterprises', has been published for the National Programme of Third Sector Commissioning.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is giving providers the opportunity to comment on a number of specific Work Programme issues. DWP has from today opened an online discussion facility which will run for four weeks.
With stories of public sector cuts filling the headlines of national and local newspapers, NAVCA's Local Commissioning and Procurement Unit (LCPU) are poised ready to help local voluntary or community organisations in preparing tenders.
The LGA has published a document, Place-based budgets - the future governance of local public services, setting out its vision for the future planning and delivery of local services.
A report looking at the results of a third sector commissioning survey in Bristol carried out by the Bristol ChangeUp Consortium, including NAVCA member VOSCUR. The survey looked at Bristol organisations' involvement in the early stages of...
The Department for Work and Pensions has advertised the establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of employment related support services, helping people to select, train for, obtain and retain employment suitable for their ages and...
The report looks into social value and methods of measuring it, such as Social Return on Investment. It concludes that SROI, while valuable, "can be an extremely ambitious goal".