About CYD
Cyd is the centre of excellence where procurement and commercial communities can learn from and support each other."Cyd is here to support commercial and procurement professionals to implement Welsh Procurement Policies in their day-to-day work.
Background
In 2021 the Future Generations Commissioner and an expert panel supporting the Foundational Economy in Wales highlighted the need to explore a Procurement Centre of Excellence (PCoE) for Wales.
Discovery Phase
This led to a ‘Discovery’ (a scoping phase), which found that:
- There was a need for a community led, but centrally supported PCoE, both digital and non-digital in nature;
- The PCoE needs to be accessible to all stakeholders and enable capacity creation, rather than draining resources;
- The development of PCoE should start small, with a minimum viable product; and
- In order to get this right, the PCoE needs to be different from other services such as the former National Procurement Service (NPS).
Live Phase
We are now in the Live Phase of Cyd. This means that we are building on the foundations that we have built by improving services such as the Cydrannu session, continue to provide latest guidance, support Welsh Public Sector with their procurement needs and support the preparation for the Procurement Reform in Wales.