Issue - meetings
Review of the Shared Procurement Service
Meeting: 15/01/2018 - Cabinet (Item 12)
12 Review of the Shared Procurement Service 
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With the recent resignation of the Harrow Divisional Director of Procurement and Contracts it is now an opportune time to review whether or not Brent continues to see benefit in the shared procurement service or whether it believes it will be more beneficial to dissolve the shared service and make alternative arrangements i.e. bring the function back in house. This report details the advantages and disadvantages of both options and makes a recommendation to bring the function back in house.
Decision:
RESOLVED that:
12.1 The recommendation to end the shared procurement service agreement with the London Borough of Harrow, at the end of the current Financial year, by mutual agreement, and proposal to bring the procurement function back in house, be agreed; and
12.2 Authority to agree the precise terms of the exit arrangements required to bring the procurement function back in house, be delegated to the Strategic Director of Resources in consultation with the Deputy Leader.
Minutes:
Councillor Margaret McLennan, Deputy Leader of the Council, stated that with the recent resignation of the Harrow Divisional Director of Procurement and Contracts it was now an opportune time to review whether or not Brent continued to see benefit in the shared procurement service or whether it believed it would be more beneficial to dissolve the shared service and make alternative arrangements i.e. bring the function back in house.
Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of the Council, stated that, at just over 1 year into the shared service, a number of difficulties had been identified.
Councillor McLennan stated that the report detailed the advantages and disadvantages of both options and made a recommendation to bring the function back in house.
RESOLVED that:
12.1 The recommendation to end the shared procurement service agreement with the London Borough of Harrow, at the end of the current Financial year, by mutual agreement, and proposal to bring the procurement function back in house, be agreed; and
12.2 Authority to agree the precise terms of the exit arrangements required to bring the procurement function back in house, be delegated to the Strategic Director of Resources in consultation with the Deputy Leader.