Issue - meetings

Background:

This report set out progress made against the 2021-2025 Procurement Strategy and proposed additional objectives to take forward into 2023. The Cabinet was also asked to note the progress made to date and to agree the year 2 objectives. The Strategy had originally been approved by the Cabinet on 15 December 2020.

The report proposed to carry forward objectives that had not met the baseline score of three for the following calendar year and to focus on developing objectives under the heading of ‘Contract and Relationship Management’ as this was the area in which the greatest cost savings and efficiencies could be generated if performed consistently. The objectives to be addressed in 2023 had been marked within the ‘2022 Comments and Action’ column of Appendix 1 to the report.

The report had previously been considered by the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 24 November 2022 and its comments were set out in section 4 of the report.

Reasons:

The Procurement Strategy provides a holistic suite of objectives to ensure the service maintains national awareness but with the ability to focus on local issues effectively. Approval of the objectives marked for carry forward to 2023 will ensure this can continue effectively.