TISCreport & Welsh Government Case Study

Welsh Government is committed to socially responsible procurement through legislation. TISCreport, a social enterprise, was engaged to provide crucial data to meet these obligations across public procurement.

Challenges

Managing unstructured and inconsistent supplier data from multiple public sector sources.
Ensuring alignment with diverse social responsibility and compliance standards.
Benchmarking against national metrics to assess supplier performance effectively.

Benefits

Higher supplier compliance and increased voluntary adoption of ethical standards.
Enhanced data accuracy and reliability through AI-driven data cleaning and matching.
Benchmarking insights provide Welsh public bodies with meaningful comparisons across the UK.

Objectives

welsh government cod of practice dashboard

The Welsh Government sought to strengthen its socially responsible procurement practices by partnering with TISCreport to address key areas in supplier compliance, data reliability, and bench-marking. Their objectives were:

Assess and monitor supplier compliance with social and environmental standards.
Ensure reliable and up-to-date data insights to support informed decision-making.
Proactively identify and manage potential supply chain risks.
Benchmark supplier performance against UK-wide standards for accountability and improvement.

Solutions

TISCreport provided the Welsh Government with a comprehensive data and compliance monitoring service to meet its socially responsible procurement goals. By leveraging advanced data tools and analytics, TISCreport supported Welsh public bodies in achieving each of their objectives

Benefits

Supplier Compliance Monitoring:

Developed tailored reporting tools to assess supplier adherence to social and environmental standards, including ethical employment and modern slavery compliance.

Reliable Data Provision:

Processed and standardised over 800,000 company records monthly, using AI to ensure accuracy, and provided clean, matched data on 100,863 unique organisations for Welsh public bodies.

Identification and Management:

Created metrics for proactive identification of potential supply chain risks, including sanctions monitoring, prompt payment performance, and Fair Payment Code compliance.

UK-Wide Benchmarking:

Enabled Welsh public bodies to benchmark suppliers against national averages, segmented by size, sector, and region, to assess performance within a broader UK context.

“The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 states that a contracting authority must

seek to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of its area by carrying out public procurement in a socially responsible way”
set and publish objectives (“socially responsible procurement objectives”) designed to maximise its contribution to achieving the socially responsible procurement goals”

TISCreport does the heavy lifting, allowing us to set and publish meaningful objectives that maximise our contribution to these goals. Partnering with a social enterprise like TISCreport aligns perfectly with our values, ensuring our investment in transparency and compliance reflects our commitment to ethical and responsible governance”

Senior Procurement Officer

Welsh Government

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