OCO Corporate Procurement Plan 2024 to 2026

This document sets out a strategic approach to procurement for the Ombudsman for Children’s Office. In doing so, it presents the aims for procurement at OCO, its vision and purpose with an explanation as to how this will be delivered, supported, improved and progress monitored.

Procurement is of vital importance to OCO, so it provides value for the public money spent and ensures all suppliers provide the required goods, services and works at the quality standard agreed. Achieving these aims requires the involvement of many stakeholders and the use of the knowledge, leverage and support that is available within the OCO as well as from central purchasing arrangements (e.g., Office of Government Procurement and other Central Purchasing Bodies, if relevant). This combined approach will help ensure that compliant agreements are made, suppliers that meet requirements are selected, strong and compliant contracts are put in place and a strong culture of supplier management endures through the contract management cycle. Good procurement outcomes are the result of effective collaboration between subject matter experts, internal clients, suppliers and using good compliant processes.

 

• February 2025
• Type: Report
• Topic: OCO info