13 May 2021 Ashley Shelbrooke, HEPA and Project Specialist
Welcome to the latest HEPA Digest – packed full of useful content – ranging all the way from window blinds to the Queen’s Speech…
Yesterday’s Queen’s Speech will have a big impact on higher education; amongst all of the headline announcements perhaps the most interesting for HEPA members is that a new Procurement Bill will be introduced in the next session of Parliament. This Bill follows on from the transforming public procurement green paper, and is expected to be introduced from September 2021. Find out more and read the full announcement here.
Many thanks to everybody who submitted their PVS. 81 institutions responded to the survey, reporting a total impactable spend of £6.5bn, with total gross efficiencies of £269m. You can download the PVS for 2019/20 here.
We are pleased to share an Anti Money Laundering (AML) Policy Template which has been developed by WPM Education and kindly made available to the entire sector. Institutions can incorporate the content into their own style to fit with their own policies and procedures, and feedback is welcomed. You can download a copy of the AML Policy Template and find out about the other counter-fraud resources available to you as a HEPA member here.
There are a whole host of interesting discussions underway on the boards at the moment. How are you finding the audit market? Are you using an eMarketplace, and would you find a survey in this space useful? What do you do for purchasing cards? Please do log in and share your experiences and knowledge with colleagues across the sector!
The carbon literacy training run in conjunction with colleagues at AUDE and EAUC proved incredibly popular and sold out. I am pleased to say that three more dates have now been added, which you can book below – just select the "AUDE Members" ticket:
Don’t forget that you can also sign up for your Consortia Conference – LUPC & SUPC’s event takes place next week on 20 May and you can register here; NWUPC & NEUPC’s event takes place on 17 June and you can register here.