Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Corporate Resources): To outline the proposed Sustainable Procurement Policies of the Council and to ask Members to consider the policies and provide comments and suggestions for improvement and to recommend them for adoption by the Cabinet.

The Committee considered two draft policies covering the sustainable procurement of timber and food and drink produced under the action plan underpinning the Sustainable Procurement Strategy which sets out how the Council will achieve compliance targets imposed by the Sustainable Procurement Flexible Framework. Ratification of the policies would serve to formalise the principles of best practice procurement including ensuring the Council achieved value for money as well as helping to achieve sustainability obligations under the Greenest Borough Strategy. It would also facilitate clearer communication of the approach to the public.

Confirmation was provided that there were no negative financial implications for the Council in the adoption of these policies as the cost of implementation of sustainable procurement would largely be absorbed by existing resource directed towards procurement.

RESOLVED

That adoption of the two policies be recommended to Cabinet.