Policy Papers
This page contains CCPS position statements on a variety of policy issues: competitive tendering, Supporting People, Joint Futures and contracting. You can find out more about our policy work in the policy section of this website.
CCPS Position Statement on Competitive Tendering
CCPS has published a position statement on competitive tendering in response to the increasing use of tendering by local authorities. Authorities have begun to tender (or more accurately re-tender) services already ‘contracted out’ to voluntary sector providers, either as a way to achieve cost reductions or as a way to satisfy new EU regulations on the letting of public contracts. The position statement summarises the benefits and risks of tendering, and proposes a set of circumstances in which tendering is and is not appropriate.
Supporting People: a view from Scotland's voluntary organisations
This paper highlights the positive work carried out under the Supporting People funding stream, and identifies ways in which the redistribution could be managed by all partners to minimise service cuts and closures.
A 'Joint Future' for community care: a voluntary sector perspective.
This paper looks at the 'Joint Future' agenda of closer co-operation between health and social work. The document explains how this agenda is likely to impact on voluntary sector service providers and discusses why statutory agencies should ensure the involvement of the sector when making local arrangements for integrated service provision.
Contracting and the voluntary sector: a position statement and model of good practice
The principles and processes involved in contracting are at the heart of the relationship between the statutory bodies that fund community care services and the voluntary organisations that provide them. This document articulates the position of voluntary sector service providers on the contracting process as they experience it and sets out a model for good contracting practice.