The Committee considered a report by the Project, Procurement and Open Space Officer (circulated previously) regarding the adoption of the Devon Districts Procurement Strategy.

The Project, Procurement and Open Space Officer highlighted the following:

·       The Devon Districts Procurement Authorities have been working collaboratively to draft the third iteration of a joint Devon Districts Procurement Strategy.

·       The Strategy sought to align with the identified themes of the National Procurement Strategy as detailed in paragraph 4.4 of the report.

·       The action plan in the strategy (page 47) set out the outcome and action identified for each key theme and it was the responsibility of each District Council to monitor and provide a response for each action.

In response to questions, the Project, Procurement and Open Space Officer advised the following:

·       That the community and voluntary sector could be included within each action.

·       The sustainable matrix used for procurement could also include climate change and carbon reduction.

·       No changes had been made to the timescales for procurement and the Constitution had not been changed.  The Strategy just allowed for due consideration to be given.