Procurement publications

Competitive tendering for local infrastructure funding - a checklist (Word, 51 KB) (NAVCA)

Guide to European Procurement Directives for voluntary organisations updated November 2006 (Word, 79 KB) (Public Law Project)

All the links below will take you to away from the NAVCA website.

Cabinet Office Third Sector survey on social clauses

Small Business Concordat: Good practice guide
(DCLG)

Aggregation: Is bigger always better?
(Office of Government Commerce)

Evaluation of Commissioning the Voluntary Sector with a Capacity Building Model of Commissioning
(Sandwell Children's Fund/DfES)

Before signing on the dotted line
(NCVO Sustainable Funding Project)

More for your Money - a guide to procuring from social enterprises for local authorities (Social Enterprise Coalition)

Think smart ... think voluntary sector! (Office of Government Commerce)

The Grantmaking Tango: Julia Unwin offers a fresh approach to funding the work of the VCS with her 'giving, buying, investing' model

Guidance to Funders: Improving funding relationships for voluntary and community organisations (HM Treasury)

Winning Public Sector Contracts
A short common sense briefing paper by Business Link mostly for SMEs but perfectly suitable for VCOs too.

Surer Funding
The Surer Funding: acevo Commission of Inquiry Report proposes a bold new framework of financial incentives to bridge the gap between government policy and the reality of practice on the ground. The report's recommendations are based on a year's research by New Philanthropy Capital, involving over 200 acevo members. Price £24.50 from acevo.

Tender Readiness Toolkit (SCEDU)

Commissioning Children's Services and the role of the voluntary and community sector (NCH)

Developing the Voluntary Sector Role in Public Service Delivery in South Tees (Gordon Associates UK Ltd)

The Gershon Efficiency Review (HM Treasury)

National Procurement Strategy for Local Government (ODPM)

Procurement and Partnership (New Local Government Network)

Getting better delivery: Guidance for effective working with frontline providers of post-16 training, learning and community based programmes (DfES)

TUPE factsheet for voluntary and community organisations (Workforce Hub)