Issue - meetings

To receive and consider the report of the Director of Governance.

1.         To adopt the Contract Procedure Rules (Appendix 1 attached), to be implemented on the same date that the Procurement Act 2023 goes live.

2.         To grant delegated authority to the Director of Governance/Head of Legal & Procurement to update any minor changes to the Contract Procedure Rules, if any subsequent changes are identified.

The Chair of the Governance Committee, Councillor Alan Platt, presented the report of Director of Governance which set out the amended Contract Procedure Rules (CPR’s) for adoption, to ensure compliance with the Procurement Act 2023.

The Act aimed to reduce red tape and to support British business by simplifying public sector procurement, achieving value for money, encouraging innovation and improving transparency.

The changes would enable small businesses and social enterprises to compete and win more public contracts whilst embedding transparency ensuring that the expenditure of taxpayers’ money could be properly scrutinised.

The Chair of the Governance Committee, Councillor Alan Platt proposed the report and Councillor Julia Berry seconded, and it was Resolved (unanimously) that the report be noted.

1.         To adopt the Contract Procedure Rules (Appendix 1 attached), to be implemented on the same date that the Procurement Act 2023 goes live.

2.         To grant delegated authority to the Director of Governance/Head of Legal & Procurement to update any minor changes to the Contract Procedure Rules, if any subsequent changes are identified.