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Today, I am publishing the independent evaluation of the “Transforming Procurement through Home Grown Talent” Project. This was an £11 million European Social Fund (ESF) match funded project which ran from July 2010 to June 2015\.  The project aimed to improve public sector procurement skills to ensure Wales is getting maximum value from the £5\.5 billion spent on external goods and services.


The project has helped to improve adoption of the principles of the Wales Procurement Policy Statement which I first published in December 2012 and refreshed in June 2015\.


The report recognises that the Home Grown Talent project helped deliver a wide range of significant outcomes and impacts which will have a lasting benefit to public procurement in Wales.  This includes:


**The Creative Procurement Forum** 


This forum which comprises the three Welsh Universities with supply chain expertise (Cardiff, Bangor and the University of South Wales) has strengthened links between academia, policy makers and procurement professionals as well as supporting high profile events such as Procurement Week and Procurex Wales, which have brought innovative thinking from all over the world to Wales. The project also supported the establishment of a Procurement Best Practice Academy, aimed at identifying international best practice and disseminating it across Wales.


**Training and Education**


Staff involved in procurement have enhanced their skills through a short course training programme which has complemented the support Welsh Government has given to individuals studying for membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) and academic qualifications such as an MSc in Public Procurement. The report states that the training was well\-targeted and relevant to the challenges faced by those involved in procuring goods and services.


**The Trainee Procurement Executive Programme (TPEP)**


We have also introduced additional capacity in to the procurement profession through the recruitment of 28 new Trainees who undertook a programme of training and education whilst working in a variety of public sector organisations. Training and education included CIPS qualification, PRINCE2 project management qualification, and leadership and management training. It is encouraging that, all but two of the trainees, have gone on to secure procurement roles.  


**Electronic Procurement**


Public bodies have also been supported through the project to accelerate the adoption of e\-procurement.  This has helped to simplify working with suppliers especially SMEs, promote more collaborative procurement across the public sector and has provided more up to date and reliable information on organisation spend and other business intelligence.


**Collaboration and Innovation**


The project has developed guidance for buyers and suppliers on joint bidding and supported a number of pilots, which have proven that smaller businesses can collaborate to bid for and win larger contracts.  The project also supported competitions to procure solutions to complex public sector problems utilising provisions in the EU procurement regulations to encourage innovation.


  

I am pleased that the evaluation has acknowledged what has been delivered through the project and indicated that there is a strong case for a follow\-on project to build on what has been achieved so far. This further strengthens my commitment to professional resourcing, a key principle of the Wales Procurement Policy Statement.  

The evaluation identified broad support from stakeholders for a successor project and my officials in Value Wales are currently preparing a business case to secure further EU funding for such a project.


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Heddiw, rwy'n cyhoeddi adroddiad gwerthuso annibynnol y prosiect “Defnyddio Doniau Cymru i Wella'r Byd Caffael”. Prosiect a gafodd £11 miliwn o arian cyfatebol gan Gronfa Gymdeithasol Ewrop (ESF) o fis Gorffennaf 2010 i fis Mehefin 2015 oedd hwn. Nod y prosiect oedd gwella sgiliau caffael y sector cyhoeddus i sicrhau bod Cymru yn cael y gwerth mwyaf o'r swm o £5\.5 biliwn a wariwyd ar nwyddau a gwasanaethau allanol.  
  


Mae'r prosiect wedi helpu i wella'r broses o fabwysiadu egwyddorion Datganiad Polisi Caffael Cymru a gyhoeddwyd gyntaf ym mis Rhagfyr 2012 ac eto, ar ôl ei ddiwygio, ym mis Mehefin 2015\.

Mae'r adroddiad yn cydnabod bod y prosiect Defnyddio Doniau Cymru wedi helpu i gyflawni amrywiaeth eang o ganlyniadau ac effeithiau sylweddol a fydd yn dod â manteision parhaus o ran caffael cyhoeddus yng Nghymru.  Mae hyn yn cynnwys:

Y Fforwm Caffael Creadigol 

Mae'r fforwm, sy'n cynnwys y tair prifysgol yng Nghymru sydd ag arbenigedd ym maes cadwyni cyflenwi (Prifysgol Caerdydd, Prifysgol Bangor a Phrifysgol De Cymru), wedi cryfhau'r cysylltiadau rhwng y byd academaidd, gwneuthurwyr polisi a gweithwyr caffael proffesiynol yn ogystal â chefnogi digwyddiadau uchel eu proffil megis Wythnos Gaffael a Procurex Cymru, sydd wedi dod â syniadau arloesol o bedwar ban byd i Gymru. Hefyd, roedd y prosiect yn cefnogi sefydlu Academi Arferion Gorau ym Maes Caffael er mwyn nodi arferion gorau rhyngwladol a'u lledaenu ar draws Cymru.

Hyfforddiant ac Addysg

Mae staff ym maes caffael wedi gwella eu sgiliau drwy raglen hyfforddi fer sydd wedi ategu'r gefnogaeth a roddwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i unigolion sy'n astudio ar gyfer aelodaeth o Sefydliad Siartredig Prynu a Chyflenwi (CIPS) ac ar gyfer cymwysterau academig megis MSc mewn Caffael Cyhoeddus. Mae'r adroddiad yn dweud bod yr hyfforddiant wedi cael ei dargedu'n dda a'i fod yn berthnasol i'r heriau sydd o flaen y bobl sy'n gweithio ym maes caffael nwyddau a gwasanaethau.

Y Rhaglen Weithredol Caffael i Hyfforddeion (TPEP)

Hefyd, rydym wedi ychwanegu at allu'r proffesiwn caffael drwy recriwtio 28 o hyfforddeion newydd a gymerodd ran mewn rhaglen hyfforddi ac addysgu wrth weithio mewn amrwyiaeth o sefydliadau'r sector cyhoeddus.   Roedd yr hyfforddiant a'r addysg yn cynnwys cymhwyster CIPS, cymhwyster rheoli prosiect PRINCE2, a hyfforddiant mewn arwain a rheoli. Mae'n galonogol bod pob un o'r hyfforddeion ond dau wedi ennill swyddi parhaol ym maes caffael.   

Caffel Electronig 

Mae cyrff cyhoeddus hefyd wedi cael cefnogaeth drwy'r prosiect i gyflymu'r broses o fabwysiadu e\-gaffael.  Mae hyn wedi helpu i symleiddio gweithio gyda chyflenwyr, yn enwedig busnesau bach a chanolig, hybu proses gaffael fwy cydweithredol ar draws y sector cyhoeddus, ac mae wedi darparu gwybodaeth fwy diweddar a dibynadwy ynghylch gwariant sefydliadau a gwybodaeth arall am fusnes. 

  
Cydweithredu ac Arloesi

Mae'r prosiect hwn wedi datblygu canllawiau i brynwyr a chyflenwyr ar gyfer gwneud ceisiadau ar y cyd, ac wedi cefnogi nifer o raglenni peilot, sydd wedi profi y gall busnesau bach gydweithredu â'i gilydd i gynnig am gontractau mwy a'u hennill.  Hefyd, cefnogodd y prosiect gystadlaethau i ddod o hyd i atebion i broblemau cymhleth yn y sector cyhoeddus drwy ddefnyddio darpariaethau yn rheoliadau caffael yr UE i hybu arloesi. 

  
Rwy'n falch bod y gwerthusiad wedi cydnabod yr hyn a gyflawnwyd drwy'r prosiect ac wedi nodi bod achos cryf i o blaid sefydlu prosiect dilynol i adeiladu ar y sail hon. Mae hyn yn atgyfnerthu fy ymrwymiad i gynllunio adnoddau proffesiynol, egwyddor allweddol yn Natganiad Polisi Caffael Cymru.   
Yn ôl y gwerthusiad mae rhanddeiliaid o blaid prosiect dilynol ar y cyfan ac ar hyn o bryd mae fy swyddogion yn paratoi achos busnes i sicrhau cyllid ychwanegol o gronfeydd yr UE ar gyfer prosiect o'r fath.