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    Kirklees Council establishes a purchasing policy to secure supplies, works, and services that meet customer expectations, provide value for money, and achieve reliable supply while incorporating social, economic, and environmental considerations. The policy ensures suppliers are treated fairly and purchasing is done efficiently and cost-effectively with appropriate accountability and transparency. Kirklees Council will implement the policy by addressing sustainability, specification, suppliers, staff training, records, performance, and e-procurement to achieve the goals of the purchasing strategy.

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    Kirklees Council establishes a purchasing policy to secure supplies, works, and services that meet customer expectations, provide value for money, and achieve reliable supply while incorporating social, economic, and environmental considerations. The policy ensures suppliers are treated fairly and purchasing is done efficiently and cost-effectively with appropriate accountability and transparency. Kirklees Council will implement the policy by addressing sustainability, specification, suppliers, staff training, records, performance, and e-procurement to achieve the goals of the purchasing strategy.

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    Kirklees Council establishes a purchasing policy to secure supplies, works, and services that meet customer expectations, provide value for money, and achieve reliable supply while incorporating social, economic, and environmental considerations. The policy ensures suppliers are treated fairly and purchasing is done efficiently and cost-effectively with appropriate accountability and transparency. Kirklees Council will implement the policy by addressing sustainability, specification, suppliers, staff training, records, performance, and e-procurement to achieve the goals of the purchasing strategy.

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    Purchasing Policy:Layout 1 16/7/09 09:03 Page 1

    July 2009

    Dewsbury Town Hall

    Kirklees Council
    Purchasing Policy
    Purchasing Policy:Layout 1 16/7/09 09:03 Page 2

    Purchasing as part of the Purchasing policy


    Procurement Strategy It is the policy of Kirklees Council to:
    There are two aspects to procurement: • secure the provision and delivery of
    supplies, works and services that
    Procurement: • meet customer expectations
    Procurement involves a range of • provide value for money and
    decisions including identifying needs, • achieve a reliable supply
    assessing delivery and sourcing • incorporate social, economic and
    options (whether to provide in-house environmental considerations into
    or otherwise), engaging with supplier and product selection
    suppliers, establishing a secure and management processes
    position within the marketplace, • ensure that suppliers are dealt
    purchasing activity, and consideration with fairly, honestly, efficiently
    of how the purchase will be used and and professionally
    disposed of at the end of its life. • use collaborative procurement
    Purchasing: where appropriate
    The professional task of purchasing • ensure purchasing is
    goods and materials, works and undertaken in a cost-effective
    services through the implementation and efficient manner
    of the Purchasing Policy. • ensure appropriate
    accountability, probity,
    confidentiality, openness,
    fairness and transparency on the
    part of officers responsible for
    making purchasing decisions.
    Purchasing Policy:Layout 1 16/7/09 09:03 Page 3

    In achieving this, the Council will extend sustainability improvements


    also: throughout the supply chain
    • ensure that potential suppliers
    Specification - The Council will take
    are provided with adequate,
    proportionate steps to define and
    accurate and timely information
    communicate its requirements for
    • look to form a view of potential
    function and performance, allowing
    suppliers’ competence without
    suppliers to identify the relative
    placing undue burdens on them
    merits of other aspects of their
    • recognise that the Council, as a
    proposals, and will make an overall
    major purchaser of supplies,
    assessment of which supply source
    works and services, can act as a
    represents overall best value
    positive force to promote local
    competitive advantage Suppliers and Supply Chain -
    • operate within a clear and The Council will engage with
    consistent policy, legal and suppliers and take account of their
    regulatory framework views. We will seek to develop
    • provide easy to use interfaces competitive markets and minimise
    (including e-procurement) for all any barriers to entry into Council
    participants markets for local suppliers, small
    • recognise the need for flexibility and medium-sized enterprises
    in the implementation of the (SMEs) and small agencies.
    purchasing function. Construction contracts - The
    Council is seeking to implement the
    Implementing the Policy spirit of the Common Minimum
    In order to ensure the achievement Standard for the Procurement of
    of the Purchasing Policy, the Council Built Environments in the Public
    and its officers and agents will Sector issued by the Office of
    adhere to EU Regulations, Contract Government Commerce, and to
    and Financial Procedure Rules, deliver value for money in its
    Codes of Practice and relevant procurement of construction and
    guidance issued from time to time. related contracts.
    The Council will support the
    achievement of the policy by Staff Training and Development -
    addressing the following issues: The Council maintain and enhance
    the skills and experience it has in its
    Sustainability - The Council will take purchasing function and train and
    account of social, economic and develop its officers with purchasing
    environmental considerations in its responsibilities. It will provide tools
    procurement decisions. This will and guidance to assist with the
    include equality and diversity factors. implementation of this policy.
    We will seek to work with suppliers to
    Purchasing Policy:Layout 1 16/7/09 09:03 Page 4

    Records - The Council will maintain Responsibility – Heads of Service


    management information systems to will nominate an individual who will
    provide detailed analysis of purchasing be responsible in respect of each
    activity and performance, and use purchase for ensuring that this
    these to inform decision making. policy statement is followed. The
    Council’s advisors and agents are
    Performance Management -
    also required to follow this policy in
    The Council will develop and
    respect of Council purchasing.
    maintain a range of relevant
    performance indicators to measure
    the quality and performance of the
    purchasing function. For further information on Council
    E-Procurement - The Council will purchasing contact:
    develop e-procurement methods and Corporate Procurement,
    processes that focus on Kirklees Council, Civic Centre 1,
    transactional activities to improve Huddersfield HD1 2YU
    accessibility and performance and Tel. 01484 416953,
    reduce process costs, and will use e-mail
    these whenever this is appropriate. bidforbusiness@kirklees.gov.uk

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