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Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative: Case Study

Title

Developing ECS (Education Contract Services) Local Supply Network.

Yorkshire and the Humber.

The project was funded by PSFPI, supported by Yorkshire Forward and involved a Steering Group consisting of:

Robert Barraclough	Director of Grassroots Food Network,farmer.
Rose Bridger	Local food specialist, project manager.
Ann Hobbiss	Public Health Nutritionist at Bradford University.
Julie Holmes	Purchasing Manager, ECS.
Michael Holmes OBE (Chair)	NFU spokesperson on sourcing and procurement, farmer.
Anthony Milroy	Director of Grassroots Food Network, agricultural engineer.
Roger Sheard	Business Development Manager, ECS.
Ian Smith	Framework for Change Food Implementation Group, Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber.

The project aimed to take forward the process of developing a local supply network that is motivated and has the capacity to supply ECS by:

Organising workshops/visits for local suppliers and producing guidance notes to simplify tender processes;
Conducting a cost/value chain analysis to identify potential efficiency savings;
Increasing seasonal local ingredients in menus over the school year. This will increase opportunities for local suppliers and improve efficiencies in ingredient costs;
Producing a Business Plan for development of a sustainable local supplier network, including collaborative infrastructure to bridge present local supply chain gaps and identifying potential grant/investment funding;
Producing a process map to help participants visualise and engage with the concepts and practicalities of sustainable supply systems.

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