House of Commons - Local government procurement - Communities and Local Government Committee

Communities and Local Government Committee - Sixth Report
Local government procurement

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 February 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Background to this inquiry

Structure of the report

2 Improving local government procurement

Role of procurement in serving communities

Procurement improvement initiatives

Centralisation

Collaboration

Collaboration within localities

Framework agreements

3 Delivering strategic objectives through procurement

Revision of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012

Community Right to Challenge

Supporting local businesses and small and micro-businesses

4 Procurement processes

Costs of procurement

Application of EU procurement rules

Process improvements

Pre-Qualification Questionnaires

Payment policies

5 Managing risk

6 Outsourcing service delivery: employment issues

7 Probity and governance

Local authority capacity to tackle fraud

Transparency and audit

Whistleblowing

8 Achieving change

Embedding procurement excellence

Skills and capacity

Sectoral and other support

9 Conclusion

Conclusions and Recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament