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(1)      note the Fair Tax Mark accreditation application process as detailed at paragraph 3.3 and the current monitoring processes of existing exclusion criteria detailed in paragraph 3.8 of the report;

(2)      instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial & Procurement Services to insert clauses into the Council’s formal tender documentation that actively promote to all bidders the application for Fair Tax Mark accreditation;

(3)      to note that the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services would circulate the response from the Federation of Small Businesses regarding their view of the Fair Tax Mark to members of the Committee and Councillor Thomson.

With reference to article 6 of the minute of meeting of 30 January 2024, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Corporate Services which responded to an instruction for the Chief Officer - Finance following consultation with the Chief Officer – Corporate Landlord and the Head of Commercial and Procurement Services to bring a report back to the Committee on the implications of implementing a Notice of Motion by Councillor Thomson regarding the promotion by the Council of the Fair Tax Mark certification.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the Fair Tax Mark accreditation application process as detailed at paragraph 3.3 and the current monitoring processes of existing exclusion criteria detailed in paragraph 3.8 of the report; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial & Procurement Services to insert clauses into the Council’s formal tender documentation that

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve the recommendations; and

(ii)      to note that the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services would circulate the response from the Federation of Small Businesses regarding their view of the Fair Tax Mark to members of the Committee and Councillor Thomson.