To receive a presentation by the Director of Procurement.

The Director of Procurement was in attendance to deliver a presentation on behalf of the STAR procurement service, focussing in particular on the service’s achievements during the past year and business plan and objectives for the period until 2024. The presentation drew particular attention to savings delivered, achievement of social value, volumes of spend achieved within the borough or immediate locality, and the expectation of new regulations covering procurement, with a likely implementation date in 2023.

An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions, which centred on sustainability aspects of procurement, benchmarking against other comparators, and issues relating to the nature and delivery of, and compliance with, social value targets. On the latter, it was agreed that details of the current measures be circulated to the Committee for information and, when completed, the Trafford-specific measures which were currently in development. It was noted that the next update to the Committee would include a focus on the specific measures, outputs and delivery against them, as well as an update on the impact of incoming Regulations.

            RESOLVED – That the content of the presentation be noted.