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The Procurement Strategy sets out the council’s vision, values and objectives for its procurement function. Therefore, it contributes to the governance of the council’s procurement activities and sets out how it aims to achieve best value and comply with legislation.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Approve the updated Procurement Strategy (Appendix 1 to the report).

The Committee received a report setting out an updated Procurement Strategy, providing the council’s vision, values and objectives for its procurement function.

The following matters were considered:

a)             Contract waivers. In response to a question from a Member, the Corporate Governance and Strategy Manager informed the meeting that the Audit and Scrutiny Committee would consider the inclusion of a procurement exceptions report onto its work programme at its meeting of 17 July.

b)             Transparency. A Member of the Committee expressed the view that information evidencing the reasons for the evaluation scoring of contract tenders should be provided to Members within committee reports.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Approve the updated Procurement Strategy (Appendix 1 to the report).