Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee Paper 9

27 Septem­ber 2024

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For decision

Title: Pro­cure­ment strategy

Pre­pared by: Louise Allen, Head of Fin­ance and Cor­por­ate Operations

Pur­pose

This paper presents a draft pro­cure­ment strategy, developed fol­low­ing the review of pro­cure­ment car­ried out by Intern­al Audit, as part of their pro­gramme of work for ²⁰²³⁄₂₄, and in accord­ance with the recom­mend­a­tions made by the Auditor.

Recom­mend­a­tions

The Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee is asked to:

a) Con­sider the pro­cure­ment strategy, and b) Advise on its suit­ab­il­ity as a basis for devel­op­ment of pro­cesses and procedures.

Over­view

1. The recent intern­al audit report on pro­cure­ment recom­men­ded that CNPA should devel­op a new Pro­cure­ment Strategy and sup­port­ing policies and pro­ced­ures as soon as pos­sible. The draft pro­cure­ment strategy provided is the first step in address­ing this recommendation.

2. The strategy is provided at Annex 1. It has been developed based on the approaches taken by Dun­dee City Coun­cil, in con­junc­tion with the strategy pre­pared for Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Nation­al Park, and in con­sulta­tion with the author of both resources, Alan Brough, Head of Pro­cure­ment for Scot­land Excel.

Con­clu­sion

1. The draft Pro­cure­ment Strategy has been developed to out­line the prin­ciples of our planned approach to procurement.

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1. An approved strategy will facil­it­ate the devel­op­ment of improved pro­cesses, pro­ced­ures and con­trols that will ensure the Author­ity takes a fair, open and trans­par­ent approach to the award of con­tracts for goods and services.

Louise Allen

11 Septem­ber 2024

Louiseallen@​cairngorms.​co.​uk