Procurement Shared Services
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To approve the creation of a shared service for procurement, delivering services to Harrow Council, Brent Council and Buckinghamshire County Council
Decisions:
RESOLVED: That
(1) the Business Case set out in Appendix 1 to the report be noted;
(2) the creation of a Procurement Shared Service, with Harrow Council as the Lead Authority, be approved;
(3) the cost sharing arrangement set out in the financial section of the report be approved;
(4) a delegation from Brent Council and Buckinghamshire County Council of their procurement functions under section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 be accepted;
(5) subject to the delegations, the Corporate Director of Resources and Commercial, following consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Major Contracts, be authorised to:
· agree the terms of and execute an Inter Authority Agreement which reflected the principles outlined in the report;
· implement a Shared Procurement Service in accordance with that Agreement.
Reason for Decision: To enable the Council to meet its Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) savings targets of £290k in 2016/17 and 2017/18 and put in place a mechanism to achieve further savings of £180k in 2018/19. To allow the development of a resilient and cost effective procurement and commercialisation service which provided improved support to these Councils at a reduced cost.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected: As set out in the report.
Conflict of Interest relating to the matter declared by Cabinet Member/Dispensation Granted: None.
Report author: Terry Brewer
Publication date: 21/01/2016
Date of decision: 20/01/2016
Decided at meeting: 20/01/2016 - Cabinet
Effective from: 29/01/2016
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