Tenders and Contracts

The Council currently spends around £100 million on the procurement of services works and goods each year.  Effective procurement of these is seen as absolute key to securing the services, works and goods required to meet the changing needs of users and citizens and the achievement of Best Value.

 

In achieving Best Value, the Council is continually looking for ways to improve its economy, efficiency and effectiveness and a key aspect of this will be to improve the way it works, both corporately and in partnership with others to aggregate its requirements to obtain added value both in terms of cost and quality.

 

The Council has adopted a strategic approach to its procurement and commissioning activities recognising the positive contribution effective procurement can make to the achievement of the core aims and objectives of the Corporate Strategy. The Strategic Procurement Unit has produced a Procurement Strategy which is aligned to meet both the National Procurement Strategy and Corporate Strategy.