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

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013finishing on time. Other contracts, if you sort of have and understanding of the finishdate either the desired finished date and not the cast in stone must finish, you knowso the driving force there is purely commercial, you’ve got to finish as soon aspossible to minimize costs. Err, but sometimes its better for all than rather toaccelerate and spend money to finish on the date by agreement, you know a reviseddate can happen. Now that’s not, I don’t think that’s, I can’t think of examples offhand, but it certainly happens within the frameworks because you have minor workssay at Bournemouth where you’ve got half a dozen contracts on for BournemouthCity Council and they appreciate that resources aren’t necessarily there making somethings suffer in order to allow some things you know able to finish at a more criticaltime perhaps.Q8 In your view, what can be done to encourage suppliers to start and finish ontime?Umm.. I don’t know. I mean… getting in order. Getting in order within an agreedtimescale. A program that’s well thought out, and not impossible. I mean, its alwaysin our interest to start on time, and its always in our interest to finish on time. I don’tthink… I mean the biggest driver of course is money. But I don’t think that money ispart of it. I mean, you start on time, you’re not going to get penalised if you’re beingmaximally efficient and you want to finish on time. And to finish on time you needto start on time, so the financial motivations are there. You know. More motivation,more money will always work, but I don’t necessarily think that side of it is brokenanyway. I think it works.Q9 In your opinion, do you think that frameworks encourage accurate start andfinish dates more than traditional procurement method? Why do you think that is?Umm, it depends on the type of framework you use. If it’s a Hampshire frameworkwhere you’re select lists and you get contracts based on competition um withtraditional contract periods, I think it’s the same as any competitive tender for anyclient. Um the contract sets it all out and by negotiation you agree and you fulfilthem. I don’t think the framework necessarily effects that as far as I’m concerned.When you have frameworks that have say maintenance where you’ve got teams of422