Procurement Capability Reviews (PCRs) Update

The Procurement Capability Review (PCR) programme has published the second tranche reports for the Department for Transport (DfT), the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for International Development (DFID).

With six reviews now published and a further three underway, we are nearing the halfway point in the first wave of the programme. The review of Department of Health commenced tranche 3, closely followed by interviews in the Home Office and MOD.  HMRC is also scheduled for tranche 3 with publication taking place in the Autumn.

The first round of milestone assessments - aimed at ensuring that departments are making the progress we would expect - has also now been completed and we are starting to see real change in the departments that were first reviewed. 

The remaining seven departments will be reviewed before the end of 2008, and tranche 5 reports will be published in the spring of 2009.