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The Procurement Strategy sets out the Councils overall aim and objectives in relation to its procurement function in order to deliver value for money and our Future 40 vision and Four-Year Plan 2020-2024.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the amendments to the Procurement Strategy subject to further minor amendments to be detailed in the Minutes of the meeting.

The Committee received a report requesting approval to amendments to the Procurement Strategy. The Procurement Strategy set out the Councils overall aim and objectives in relation to its procurement function in order to deliver value for money and our Future 40 vision and Four-Year Plan 2020-2024.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Publication error, page 115 of the agenda. The Committee noted that due to a publication error, the diagram on page 115 of the agenda was not included within the agenda pack. The missing diagram was the ‘golden thread’ triangle from the Council’s Vision document. This error would be corrected in the final Procurement Strategy.

b)            Actions to support the Climate Change Action Plan. Following a question from a Member, the Head of Corporate Assurance informed the Committee that the Council’s Climate Change Action Plan was supported by the Procurement Strategy and was referenced in paragraph 10.1 of the document.

c)            Wording of Strategy. The Committee considered that the wording “where applicable” should be removed from paragraph 8.3 of the Strategy. The Committee also considered that the use of the wording “where appropriate” should be reviewed throughout the Strategy and removed where it was not required.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Approve the amendments to the Procurement Strategy subject to further minor amendments to be detailed in the Minutes of the meeting.