Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which sought approval of the Council’s Procurement Strategy 2016/19 (the Strategy).

          The Strategy, presented in Appendix 1 attached to the report, had been refreshed following the completion of the period of the previous Strategy, which covered 2013/16. It was noted that the new Strategy followed the format recommended by the Local Government Association’s “National Procurement Strategy for Local Government in England 2014”, which was underpinned by four key areas. These were:

·       Making savings;

·       Supporting Local Economies;

·       Leadership; and

·       Modernising Procurement.

The Strategy was structured around these four key areas and provided a position statement on each as at March 2016, together with the achievements made to date. It was reported that Halton had progressed rapidly in terms of ensuring that procurement was recognised as a strategic function, with the Council’s approach achieving national recognition.

Halton had embraced the requirements of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, and had regard to economic, social and environmental wellbeing in connection with public service contracts. In June 2015, Executive Board approved a Social Value Framework for Procurement, which was underpinned by a Charter and Policy. It was reported that this had been utilised in seventeen procurement exercises to date, which were detailed in Appendices 2 and 3.

RESOLVED: That the Council’s Procurement Strategy 2016/19, as presented in Appendix 1 attached to the report, be approved.