In alignment with the Procurement Act 2023, West Mercia Police’s Contracts & Procurement Department has launched a refreshed 5-year strategy.
At the heart of this transformation is the innovative 3-9-27 model, a structured framework built around 3 core metrics, 9 strategic objectives, and 27 actionable tasks.
The three pillars guiding this approach are:
- Governance – Ensuring transparency, compliance, and accountability in all procurement activities.
- Value – Delivering best-in-class commercial outcomes and maximising taxpayer value.
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – Embedding ethical, environmental, and social considerations into every contract.
This model ensures a cohesive, flexible, and impact driven approach to procurement, enabling the department and its suppliers to respond to evolving needs while staying aligned with its long-term strategic objectives.
Corporate Social Responsibility is not just a metric; it’s a core driver of the organisational & departmental strategy and underpins support for the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Safer West Mercia Plan, also informing assessment of the most advantageous tenders, and helps us maximise public social value.
3-9-27 model creator Jon Strelitz West Mercia Police's Head of Contracts & Procurement says: "Through our Dual Impact Collaboration Model (DICM), we’re not only meeting our CSR and social value commitments, we’re actively helping our suppliers to align with and contribute to community-led activities known to be building a safer, fairer, and more sustainable West Mercia".
The 3-9-27 model connects-into the DICM and seamlessly aligns all suppliers at contract level; contracts tangibly supporting the 5-year police strategy, the Safer West Mercia Plan and Procurement Act from the impact achieved by community-led provisions being supported by supplier social value.