Procurement and Commissioning Strategy

Contents

• Policy summary
• Introduction
• Our current position
• Core policy: Address the Climate Emergency
• Core policy: Give people a bigger say
• Our principles
• Conclusions
• Other considerations

Conclusions

The Strategic Procurement Team must help the us get the following three things right:

1. Environmental factors and measurements

We have a zero-carbon policy, but we need to break it down and establish the key categories and environmental sub-criteria.

2. Contractual and supplier relationships

We must put into place contracts with our suppliers that allow them scope to be innovative and look for solutions to our issues. We must build strong relationships with them and encourage them to feedback to us.

Our contracts must be fit for purpose and include appropriate Service Level Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.

We should not deal with any suppliers who cannot assist us in our ambitions.

We will need to revisit existing contracts to ensure that these meet the new standards and if necessary, we will need to amend them or terminate them early.

3. Staff and labour

Our staff and contractors will need to be appropriately trained in sustainable procurement and in contract management. We will need to ensure the governance structures and audit controls are in place to support them.

We will need to ensure that when dealing with suppliers, they are upholding our sustainability policy.