Issue - meetings

COUNCIL RESOLVED -

(i)

That the Corporate Commissioning and Procurement Strategy, as set out in appendix 2 of the report, be approved.

(ii)

That the implementation of the Gateshead Social Value Toolkit, as set out in appendix 3 of the report, be approved and that the evaluation weighting of 20% be applied to all procurements of £100,000 in value or more, unless the Service Director, Corporate Commissioning and Procurement authorises an exception.

Consideration has been given to recommending the Council to approve a new Corporate Commissioning and Procurement Strategy 2021/22 – 26/27 and the implementation of a new approach to achieving Social Value in procurement activity.

RESOLVED -

That the Council be recommended to approve:

(i)

the Corporate Commissioning and Procurement Strategy as set out in appendix 2 to the report; and

(ii)

the implementation of the Gateshead Social Value Toolkit as summarised in appendix 3 to the report and to the evaluation weighting of 20% being applied to all procurements of £100k in value or more, unless the Service Director, Corporate Commissioning and Procurement authorises an exception.

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

(A)

To ensure that the procurement of goods, works and services aligns to the Council’s priorities as set out in Thrive, the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, the Economic Strategy and the Climate Emergency Strategy.

(B)

To maximise the social value achieved from the Council’s external expenditure.