Small and Medium Enterprises Engagement Plan Recommendation Action Responsible Others Start Due By Date Officer Date Completed Strategy & Policy Local authorities to ensure that To incorporate recognition of the Strategic Senior January May June 2014 their procurement strategies benefits of procuring from local Procurement Leadership 2014 2014 explicitly recognise the significant small businesses within the Leads Team benefits of procuring from local Procurement Strategy small businesses when tendering for goods and services without compromising their legal stipulations. Local authority economic To incorporate spend analysis Strategic Executive January January Completion development strategies to take within the Service Area Sourcing Procurement & 2015 2015 of Sourcing account of the needs of the Plans in order to inform strategic Service started existing local economy and inform spend decisions Managers Jan 2015 procurement strategy based on a To incorporate meeting the needs Strategic Executive January January Jan 2015 comprehensive analysis of spend. of the local economy as a key area Procurement & 2015 2015 for consideration under the Leads Service delivering policy through Managers procurement section of the Service Area Sourcing Plans To address meeting the needs of Strategic Executive January January the local economy within the Procurement Heads & 2015 2015 development stage of the Leads Service procurement process and include Managers
Small and Medium Enterprises Engagement Plan Recommendation Action Responsible Officer Others Start Date Due By Date Completed Strategy & Policy Local authorities to ensure that their procurement strategies explicitly recognise the significant benefits of procuring from local small businesses when tendering for goods and services without compromising their legal stipulations. To incorporate recognition of the benefits of procuring from local small businesses within the Procurement Strategy Strategic Procurement Leads Senior Leadership Team January 2014 May 2014 June 2014 Local authority economic development strategies to take account of the needs of the existing local economy and inform procurement strategy based on a comprehensive analysis of spend. To incorporate spend analysis within the Service Area Sourcing Plans in order to inform strategic spend decisions Strategic Procurement Executive & Service Managers January 2015 January 2015 Completion of Sourcing started Jan 2015 To incorporate meeting the needs of the local economy as a key area for consideration under the delivering policy through procurement section of the Service Area Sourcing Plans Strategic Procurement Leads Executive & Service Managers January 2015 January 2015 Jan 2015 To address meeting the needs of the local economy within the development stage of the procurement process and include Strategic Procurement Leads Executive Heads & Service Managers January 2015 January 2015
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