*NEW RESEARCH*: Local Government Shared Services: Where are we now?

In April’s PublicSectorViews Opportunities Bulletin (see here), we highlighted two recent UK local government tenders involving shared services between multiple local authorities. One collaboration involved South Oxfordshire District Council (along with Havant Borough Council, Mendip District Council, Hart District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council) coming to market for a shared corporate services contract. The other involved the Leicestershire ICT Partnership Group, led by Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) with Melton Borough Council, Blaby District Council, and Oadby & Wigston Borough Council, seeking a supplier to meet its ICT requirements. Our assessment of the two tenders can be found in the Opportunities Bulletin.

As well as those two opportunities, we also recently saw Surrey County Council approve a joint initiative with East Sussex County Council to expand collaboration in a number of areas. With more shared services arrangements being established (and some coming to market for services from the private sector), it is a good opportunity to take stock on the development of shared services in local government. In this PublicSectorViews research note - Local Government Shared Services: Where are we now? -  Michael Larner and Georgina O'Toole consider statistics provided by the Local Government Association (LGA) on shared services arrangements (see Infographic), look at the rate of adoption of shared services by local authorities and the type of collaboration being undertaken, and consider the future implications for software and IT (SITS) suppliers selling into the local government market.

PublicSectorViews subscribers can download the research note now. If you are not yet a subscriber, please contact Deb Seth to find out more.

Posted by HotViews Editor at '14:42' - Tagged: publicsector   localgovernment   outsourcing   sharedservices