Bid number | |
Lead bidder | Highlands and Islands Enterprise (
HIE) Bill Sylvester, Partnership Projects
Director
Tel (01463) 244313 E-mail:
Bill.Sylvester@hient.co.uk |
Brief Description | To pilot a regional and cross service
approach to identifying and securing
efficiencies in Highland using a proven
approach. The approach is to create a Business
Improvement Team (
BIT) staffed by secondees
from across the Community Planning Partnership
and beyond. The
BIT requires stage 2 bid
development support for up to one year in order
to develop business cases for efficiencies
through partnering in: property and grounds
maintenance; joint procurement; co-location of
services;
IT; aspects of
HR; reducing duplication;
sharing data and intelligence; and common
approaches to legislation and
SE policies. Efficiencies
would be cash releasing and time releasing. |
Clear description of what the
EGF money would be used to
buy | Up to £140,000 (50% of total cost) is
required from
EGF towards the running
costs of the Business Improvement Team.
Specifically funding support is required to
permit the back filling of key secondee posts
who could not otherwise be released, training,
co-location and specialist input. |
Partners to the project likely to commit
resources | The Highland Council,
HIE, Highlands and Islands
Fire Brigade,
NHS Highland and Northern
Constabulary |
Names of other organisations with whom the
project has been discussed | All of the above plus the remaining
community planning partners of
SNH, Communities Scotland
and Voluntary Action Highland. Negotiations are
in hand to draw in other smaller
NDPBs located in Highland
and Scottish Water on property and grounds
maintenance. At the date of the bid,
HIAL and Bord na Gaidhlig
have been able to express their support for the
project |
Evidence that the suggested approach has
been deployed successfully elsewhere | The
BIT model has been in
operation for over 2 years within Highland
Council to identify internal efficiencies. A
range of efficiency savings have been
identified and are being implemented. |
Are there any restrictions to enlargement of
the project | No |
Benefits projected from the project (other
than cash or time) | Benefits and efficiencies need to be
quantified better by the
BIT, with a bid for stage 2
funding anticipated by March 2006. Other
benefits include making community planning more
tangible and possibly pioneering new models of
public service delivery with single access to
appropriate services. |
Estimated financial projections | Total | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
Overall project cost | Estimated £285,500 maximum | £10,000 | £260,500 | £15,000 | |
Estimated projected benefits | Estimated £800,000 to 2008 Estimated £1.8m to 2010 | £0 | £50,000 | £250,000 | £500,000 recurring |
Is a pilot required? | Yes - the approach is to pilot a proven
method across a wider partnership. |
Additionality: why is
EGF funding required | Without
EGF assistance partners will
be unable to provide staff resource and other
support at an adequate level. In addition the
commitment of
EGF funding adds a
credibility to the project which will make the
participation of other partners more
likely. |
Is this project complementary in any way to
other
EG work? | Regionally, this project will complement the
following: - HIEs work with smaller
NDPBs in the Highlands
and Islands;
- Internal efficiencies within partner
organisations
- Potential cross boundary and cross
agency efficiencies being considered
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