Highways Agency

Questionnaire

Closed: The deadline for response was January 28 2005.

Q1B Please highlight any ideas for specific pilots for working together on roads procurement and indicate timing.

Q2A Please indicate, in order of importance, the five biggest issues or constraints affecting collaboration:

1. Legal issues
2. Competition Commission
3. Local Authority controls and regulations
4. Lack of political support
5. Lack of skills and experience within your organisation
6. Lack of capacity within your organisation
7. Lack of capacity in the Highways Agency
8. Development of appropriate management tools
9. Development of appropriate measurement systems
10. Lack of availability of funding and delivery plans
11. Government controls and regulations
12. EU procurement regulations
13. Other issues (please detail)

1.     2.     3.     4.     5. 

Q2B How can constraints be overcome? Does your organisation have any examples?

Q3A Which of the following offer the greatest benefits from working together. Please select five and rank in order of importance.

1. Maximising the benefits of investment in procurement
2. Greater buying power
3. Better use of resources
4. Improved accountability and provision of a 'seamless' service
5. Improved performance measurement
6. Longer term relationships, greater security and sustainability
7. Integrating strategy and programme delivery
8. Other benefits (please detail)

1.     2.     3.     4.     5. 

Q3B How could your organisation benefit from working with other organisations on roads procurement? Please give examples.

Q4A Please tell us how you measure the performance of your roads procurement activities by ranking the following in order of their importance to your organisation:

1. Best Value Performance Indicators¹
2. Constructing Excellence KPIs²
3. Measures defined in the specification of a contract
4. Measures defined in a standard prepared by your organisation
5. Measures described in an industry standard (which one(s)?)
6. Management tools (eg Business Excellence Model, Balanced Scorecard)
7. Measures defined in an inspection and auditing procedure
8. Other statutory Indicators
9. Bench marking clubs
10. Other local performance indicators
11. Other performance measures (please describe)

1.     2.     3.      4.       5.     6.    
7.     8.     9.    10.     11. 

• ¹ See - www.bvpi.gov.uk/pages/index.asp
• ² See - www.constructingexcellence.org.uk/resourcescentre/kpizone/default.jsp?level=0

Q4B How should best practice for roads procurement be identified?

Q4C Please tell us the organisations against which your organisation benchmarks its performance (tick all that apply).

1. Other Local Authorities
2. Other public sector organisations
3. Private sector organisations
4. Contractors
5. Other comparisons (please detail)

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.

The Highways Agency will include unattributed comments from our research into potential collaboration, including this consultation, in a factual report. You will be sent a copy of the report in Spring 2005. We will use your responses as a basis for further development of ways in which we can work together to achieve efficiencies.

Your details will not be used for any other purpose and will not be shared with any 3rd parties.

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