Hampshire County Council

Executive Member for Policy and Resources Item 4(viii)

19 February 2004

Corporate Procurement Initiatives and Issues

Report by the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services

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Summary

1.1

The following decisions are sought:

1. That the Director of Property, Business and Regulatory Services, as the Corporate Management Team's sponsor for the procurement agenda, brings forward recommendations to the Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel on the further development of procurement within the Council, and on the nature and scope of a review of procurement to take place in 2004.

2. The Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel considers at a future meeting the level of resources and the resolution of issues needed to demonstrate an `excellent' level of performance against the standards set out in the National Procurement Strategy for Local Government and other major national reports.

3. Further reports on progress, departmental performance, and the outcome of the procurement `healthcheck' be presented to future meetings of the Buildings, Land and Contracts Panel.

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Reason

2.1

To enable the national and corporate requirements associated with the strategic management of procurement to be met.

2.1

This decision supports the following aims of the Corporate Strategy:

Aim 2 - stewardship of the environment, by providing practical guidance on sustainability issues in procurement to staff and managers withn procurement responsibilities

Aim 5 - improving services - by extending strategic procurement with the County Council

Aim 6 - developing councillors and staff - by developing procurement skills and competencies for staff.

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Other options considered and rejected

3.1

None.

4

Conflicts of interest declared by the decision-maker or other Executive Member or officer consulted

4.1

Not applicable

5

Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

5.1

Not applicable

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Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent

6.1

Not applicable

Approved by:

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Date of decision:

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Councillor T K Thornber