Commissioning is important for organisations who wish to be considered to deliver public services in Wolverhampton.

Over the last year the sector has worked with the Local Strategic Partnership to agree a new commissioning framework for Wolverhampton. The framework has now received final approval by The Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) so that it can be implemented.

The commissioning framework sets out the procedures the City will use to select organisations to run its services. Organisations that are commissioned to run one or more of these services or hold contracts are referred to as public service providers or as providing public services.

New Commissioning Framework

• Framework

Draft Work Plan

This is the plan and time-scale for developing a single form of contract to be used by all City Council departments for commissioning services from the Third Sector.

• Draft Work Plan

Letter to Organisations in Wolverhampton

This letter was send to all organisation on the WVSC database in May 2009.

• Letter to the Third Sector

Contract Readiness

You may like to use the general organisational health checklist below to prepare your organisation for contract readiness.

• Self-Assessment Checklist A

Updated Checklist - Commissioners Draft

This draft checklist is shorter (5 pages) and WVSC are consulting commissioners in Wolverhampton to ensure it is comprehensive. We will continue to update as information comes in.

• Updated Checklist

Updated Checklist - Where To Go For Help

If you are using this checklist and don't know how to meet the requirements we have set out who/where you can go for support or futher information. WVSC is consulting other infrastructure organisations in Wolverhampton to add to this. We will update as informtion comes in.

• Checklist + Help

Consultation Response

This is the Third Sector response to the Consultation that led to the New Commissioning Framework. It was co-ordinated by WVSC.

• Response Form

Third Sector Consultation Event Report

• Event Report