English Heritage is the government’s advisor on the historic environment.
JMCL provided a Diagnostic Report on procurement across the whole of English Heritage. This included a detailed analysis of English Heritage’s £60m spend and the way in which procurement operated.
We identified a number of significant cost-saving opportunities – prioritising telecoms, printing and publishing, building and grounds maintenance, building and grounds capital projects and car hire – and we set-out practical plans to achieve them.
We then managed a department-wide programme named “Buy Smarter”:
Establishing category teams and training the English Heritage members of the team
Facilitating the teams and providing procurement expertise to deliver the savings already identified
Introducing and using e-auctioning
Tackling the procurement fundamentals including recruiting a Head of Procurement and establishing a long-term structure and strategy for the procurement function
The teams delivered savings of 15% to 30% pa with EH’s sponsoring Department, DCMS, describing what JMCL had done in procurement with English Heritage as “best practice”.
“Jonathan and his team’s procurement expertise and collaborative approach enabled very significant savings to be made on a range of goods and services from telecoms to legal services. The unique aspect of Jonathan’s service is the degree of knowledge transfer he facilitates – enabling the organisation to continue to make savings after the consultancy period ends. JMCL Consulting has combined cutting-edge procurement techniques, honed in the private sector, with a thorough understanding of public sector legislation and policy. We could never have done this without JMCL. I could not have wished for a better partner.” Nigel Hewitson. Legal Director
“Jonathan and his team’s procurement expertise and collaborative approach enabled very significant savings to be made on a range of goods and services from telecoms to legal services. The unique aspect of Jonathan’s service is the degree of knowledge transfer he facilitates – enabling the organisation to continue to make savings after the consultancy period ends. JMCL Consulting has combined cutting-edge procurement techniques, honed in the private sector, with a thorough understanding of public sector legislation and policy. We could never have done this without JMCL. I could not have wished for a better partner.”
Nigel Hewitson. Legal Director
