Corporate Procurement
Procurement Strategy
3. Strategic objectives
3.1 We are committed to utilise good procurement practice to drive up service delivery through the achievement of its strategic aims as set out in the community priorities. This will be demonstrated through:
Making Barking and Dagenham cleaner, greener and safer|
- We will develop contract evaluation criteria that incorporate whole life costing, environmental impact and other sustainable issues
- Service contracts will, where possible, incorporate performance targets that work towards reducing crime and improving community safety
Promoting Equal Opportunities and Celebrating Diversity|
- Good practice requirements in equal opportunities will be explicit in all council contract documentation
- We will comply explicitly with the requirements of the Race Relations Amendment Act (2000)
- Training and advice will be provided to suppliers (particularly local small and medium enterprises) with regard to Equalities issues and implementation of relevant legislation
- We will develop a strategy to capacity build local black and minority ethnic businesses and enable them to compete fairly with larger organisations
Raising Pride in the borough|
- Specifications will include clear targets for improving satisfaction in the levels of service received
- Better procurement project management of capital projects will ensure development and maintenance of high quality assets for the borough
- Contracts will be monitored and poor performance managed appropriately to ensure services are delivered to the required standard
Improving Health, Housing and Social Care|
- Social Services will continue to develop and improve on the implementation of joint commissioned contracts with the primary care trust and other partners to ensure a holistic approach to the delivery of social services and health needs
- External procurement advice and assistance will be incorporated into the Customer Services Department to ensure the achievement of the challenging Decent Homes agenda
Better Education and Learning for All|
- We will actively seek to contract with external partners who have good records for workforce training and development
- Service (and long term) contracts will, where possible, incorporates performance targets for training and developing local people
Developing Rights and Responsibilities with the local Community|
- The community will be consulted on service requirements as part of the procurement process and a process will be developed to enable the participation of residents in evaluation of the larger service contracts
- The views of residents and other stakeholders will be sought as part of the contract monitoring process through the Citizen's Panel, Community Forums, Community Housing Partnerships, Local Strategic Partnership and other partner organisations
Regenerating the Local Economy|
- We will work actively with local businesses, small and medium enterprises and the voluntary sector to capacity build and facilitate their participation in tender exercises
- We will develop and agree a voluntary sector compact
- Work on the development of an external comprehensive website for procurement 'Doing Business with Barking and Dagenham' will be completed and promoted along with publication of promotional literature
3.2 In addition, the procurement strategy will clearly tie in with performance management and the strategic framework set out by the Balanced Scorecard.
