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to note the assurance provided by the assessment as detailed in Appendix 1.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director of Corporate Services which presented the Committee with assurance on procurement performance following the Procurement and Commercial Improvement Programme (PCIP) assessment which focussed on the policies and procedures driving procurement performance and, the results delivered.

The report recommended:

that the Committee note the assurance provided by the assessment as detailed in Appendix 1.

In response to a question relating to whether all three local authorities in the partnership were assessed the same, the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services advised that each local authority went through the same assessment which was undertaken over two days for the three authorities.  The Strategic Commercial Manager advised that the outcome was the same for the three authorities.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendation contained in the report.