Procurement objectives

Our Corporate Procurement section has been given a number of key tasks to support the Council's overall Corporate Strategy for 2007-2011.

The main areas of our Corporate Procurement Policy are summarised below. The two main themes are Efficiency (including Business and Leadership) and Responsibility:

Business

  • best value

  • contract management

  • collaboration and partnering

  • monitoring and measurement

Leadership

  • customer focus

  • communication

  • guidance

Responsibility

  • sustainability

  • ethical purchasing

  • training

  • economic development

Full details can be found in document at the bottom of this page.