{"id":1080,"date":"2023-09-28T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peragodevelopment.co.uk\/cyd-dev\/?post_type=cyd_casestudy&p=1080"},"modified":"2023-09-28T17:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:45:41","slug":"policing-the-public-purse-ensuring-value-for-money-and-flexibility-in-procuring-initial-officer-training-across-wales","status":"publish","type":"cyd_casestudy","link":"https:\/\/peragodevelopment.co.uk\/cyd-dev\/cyd_casestudy\/policing-the-public-purse-ensuring-value-for-money-and-flexibility-in-procuring-initial-officer-training-across-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Policing the public purse \u2013 Ensuring value for money and flexibility in procuring initial officer training across Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long gone are the national police training centres, where new recruits would be trained alongside counterparts from across the country, before returning to their home forces to hit the beat. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2016, with the recognition of policing as a graduate level occupation, the Policing Education Qualification Framework (PEQF)\u00a0was introduced. This followed an earlier change (IPLDP), in which policing and universities came together as the narrative around professionalising policing began to build.<\/p>\n

It was over to individual police forces up and down the country (of which there are 43 in the Wales and England) to engage with higher education institutions, and to seek out training partnerships that met their needs.<\/p>\n

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The product<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contracts needed to deliver the operational initial entry pathways into policing – a degree-level apprenticeship programme, which officers will complete during their probation if they join without a degree; and a graduate programme for officers who already hold a degree upon entry, also to be completed during their probation.<\/p>\n

They also needed to have in-built flexibility \u2013 One, because the number of officers going through training on any intake goes up and down; and two, because officers can be called upon at any time if there\u2019s a public safety need to do so \u2013 leaving classrooms empty.<\/p>\n

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Securing best value for money<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>With collaboration between forces in Wales common for a decade and more, and a shared procurement service already in place between South Wales and Gwent Police, it wasn\u2019t unusual that the four Welsh forces (so North Wales and Dyfed-Powys Police too) decided to come together and set about procuring the product once for Wales. In the last five years, the three southern Wales forces have together delivered procurement related savings in excess of \u00a311 million (2015-2020).<\/a><\/p>\n

As this was the second time forces had gone out to market to procure this initial officer training, there was learning to be had about what had worked well during the first contract, and there was clarity about the amendments they needed this time around. This cumulative knowledge provided a clear \u2018want\u2019 from all involved\u2026 now they just needed to execute it.<\/p>\n

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The challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n