Transcript Introduction to MSF2

Introduction to Medium
Schemes Framework (MSF) 2
Mark Stevens
Assistant Director (Highways)
Leicestershire County Council
5th June 2014
How it started
• Set up in 2007 with 10 local highway
authorities
• Supported by the Highways Agency, EMIEP
and Constructing Excellence
• An Unincorporated Association by Agreement
• Governed and strategically led by its member
authorities
Aims and Objectives
Aim:To help highway authorities improve highway
services in the Midlands area and help them
deliver efficiency savings.
One of the objectives that underpin this aim is
to establish and develop collaborative
procurement frameworks to secure the delivery
of medium size highway schemes and
professional services.
How it functions
• Leicestershire County Council acts as lead local
authority overall
• Funded by
– Membership fees
– Fees based on savings from use of frameworks and
commodity savings
• Staff
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MHA Manager
Framework Manager
Skills Academy Manager
Training Officer
Communications Officer
Our partners
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Highway Term Maintenance Association
Road Surface Treatments Association
Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme
Construction Industry Training Board
Midlands Service Improvement Group
ADEPT
ICE
Etc.
5 Workstreams
• Medium Schemes
– Developing collaborative frameworks such as MSF2
• Assets, Standards and Commodities
– Procurement of commodities (e.g. salt) and
standardising materials specifications
• Professional Services
– Developing professional service frameworks e.g. PSP1
– Collaborative projects e.g. climate change
5 Workstreams
• Term Maintenance
– Sharing best practise
– developing contract documentation, and kpis.
• Skills Academy
– Developing an Alliance-wide learning
management system
– Developing framework-based Employment and
Skills Plans
– Developing approved training schemes.
Medium Schemes Framework 1
MSF1 developed from Highways Agency
frameworks (MWF3/MWF4) by:-.
• Making it more appropriate for local authority
work – broader range of quality criteria
• Adding community-led performance indicators
• Making it available for use by multiple clients
• Incorporating Skills Academy Employment and
Skills Plans
Key Successes from MSF1
• Will have delivered 60 schemes worth £250 million
– Effective pipeline of work
– Speed and flexibility of delivery
– Considerate Contractor Awards
• 19 schemes complete to date have delivered £6m
savings
– 11.2 % initially
– On target to deliver £15m overall.
Key Successes from MSF1
• Employment and Skills Plans developed
– 9 apprenticeships
– 53 NVQs
– 4 permanent jobs
• Excellent safety record
– A fifth of the industry average
MSF1 contributing to success
Efficiency Savings (£m)
MHA
2007- 2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
TOTALS:
MWF3/4 & MSF1
9.54
3.85
4.05
4.67
£22.11m
8.00
3.70
3.84
3.85
£19.39m
How we got to MSF2
• workshops with member authorities and
framework contractors on what worked well
on MSF1 and what didn’t
• consulted with partners
• model schemes supplied by member
authorities
• robust tender evaluation process involved 60+
staff from 8 local authorities & URS personnel
What do we want from MSF2
• Build on the experience so far of the
Employment and Skills Plans to further ‘grow
our own’
• Increase the effectiveness of sharing
innovation and ideas
• Increase the contribution of the supply chain
• Maximise savings for all authorities
• On time and on budget
Not the end but another beginning ……