Issue - meetings

Decision

RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND

To agree the Commissioning & Procurement Strategy (appendix 1) and the revised Commissioning and Procurement Standing Orders (appendix 3)

Corporate objectives

Dacorum Delivers: The proposed changes will ensure that all commissioning and procurement activities of the Council will align with the vision and priorities as stated in the Corporate Plan and national best practice.

Monitoring Officer

The Strategy and Standing Orders help to regulate the Council’s procurement and commissioning activities and ensure that the Council complies with relevant procurement legislation and guidance and internal constitutional procedures.  They also aim to deliver value for money and deliver other ‘social value’ objectives which benefit the borough as a whole.

Deputy S.151 Officer

The Commissioning and procurement standing orders support the financial regulations to ensure that, financial stewardship and financial authorisation related to procurement is maintained. The Council’s finance systems and processes support the Procurement standing orders.

Advice

Councillor Williams introduced the report and said this had been discussed at Overview and Scrutiny. He asked for one amendment to the report on page 80, the title of the portfolio holder needs to be changed.

B Hosier said there was a healthy discussion at OSC and the points raised at that meeting have now been answered. The Local Government National Procurement Strategy was developed when the climate emergency was not declared so this a shortfall they are working on.

Councillor Griffiths said it was difficult to strike the balance by doing everything by committee but ensuring the democratic process has taken place but felt this did strike that balance.

Recommendations agreed.