1. Aggregated Procurement
TF-MSP, Vienna
10 February, 2014

2. “Il-waranofsinhar it-tajjeb”
Aggregated procurement - quo vadis?
“Il-waranofsinhar it-tajjeb”
Robert Sultana
CIO & IT Services Director
University of Malta
medium-size university
small NREN for
small country

3. Motivation
Small means
Limited scope for joint procurement within our country
Current aggregated procurement activities by DANTE and TERENA much appreciated
Encourage more!
Proposal made to include at least a small joint procurement activity with GN3+ proposal
Included as part of SA6 Task 2

4. Initial work and current plan
Identify other joint procurement activities that can be done for our community and possibly carry out some small scale pilot/s
Information being obtained from
TERENA Compendium responses
NREN websites
Meetings and workshops
Asking NRENs directly

5. Way forward
Look at what NRENs are currently procuring for their members within their countries. Identify:
What items are being procured
Any benefits for these NRENs to jointly procure any of these items with other NRENs
Other items that could be useful to jointly procure with other NRENs (e.g. for NREN use only not for their members)
Approach also NRENs not currently doing any joint procurement within their countries. Identify:
Reasons
e.g. insufficient economies of scale
Any interest if done with/through other entities in other countries
e.g. for some of the items that other larger NRENs are already finding useful to organise joint procurement for within their country

6. What joint procurement to go for?
Identify possible candidates
Short-term joint procurement pilot/s within GN3+
NRENs interest translating to commitment of funds
Feasibility within relative short time-frame
Perhaps commodity-type of service where less likely to be differentiation between requirements of different NRENs
Supplier/s cooperation
Longer-term candidates for joint procurement beyond GN3+

7. Would you like to be involved? In what way?
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8. Feedback/Questions?
Any reflections?

9. Thank you!