PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013two counties which we traditionally always do highway work for. Now, DorsetCounty Council had a framework and they had a framework with one contractor.Because of the size of that framework and the one contractor they had to deal with,from the turnover point of view irrespective of any other issue at all then we nolonger carry out any highway work for Dorset County Council. If that was thepotential use of another framework then the answer to that question is veryobvious… no, I don’t think so. Whether that framework is indeed the best outcomefor Hampshire County Council I don’t know, I personally doubt it but in my opinionits not relevant to that. If the framework is similar to the one you’ve got then myanswer is yes. You know, I’ve made the comment that I felt it was quite enlightenedand I think I a number of aspects in that you’ve got a system which balances thereward for positive or negative performance on issues other than financial ones and Ithink that’s a balance you’ve got quite good in the way that you’ve got your greensand your ambers and that’s worked quite well. I think that the framework deliversgood value for money to Hampshire County Council because it retains genuinecompetition and you know, I’m a great believer in retaining competition. I thinkthat’s one of the things that I think sounds odd coming from a contractor, we usuallywant as little competition as possible. But the reality is at the end of the day, that wealways perform very well when we’re in competition because we’re a leagueorganisation and therefore I think that competition delivers good value for moneywhich I’m glad to say has become more on the agenda in the last couple of yearsbecause of this financial circumstance in which we find ourselves and in certainrespects the issue of value for money had kind of slipped down the priorities a bit, Imean sometimes you wonder why. From our point of view to continue to use theframework… yeah.. as I’ve explained my responsibility is to maintain a profitablecompany and maintain employment for my employees and in order to do that I haveto secure as many opportunities as I can. The framework does increase theopportunity for work for my company. Equally it’s a two way street, we’re party ofyour framework and we have to deliver to that framework in terms of quality and allthe other aspects which we discussed.Q19 Do you feel that the use of incentives to encourage good performance withinframeworks is worthwhile? Do you have views as to what these incentives shouldcomprise?376