Aberdeen City Council 2006 Click to edit Master title style Procurement Power 1 May 2007, Derby.

Aberdeen City Council 2006

Click to edit Master title styleProcurement Power1 May 2007, Derby


North East issues

• Remote- high transport costs• Limited Rail access North of Aberdeen • Challenging Northern road access• Diseconomies of Scale• Need Buying power• Find a solution!


Sustainable Procurement- a journey rather than a destination

• 1999 Community Plan aberdeenfutures

• Sustainable Purchasing Policy in February 2001

• To address social, economic and environmental impacts of goods


Sustainable Procurement- a journey rather than a destination

• Policy aims to ensure that all purchasing decisions take the following five factors into account:

1.Financial resources available2.The need to achieve value for money (best

value)3.The social, economic and environmental

implications purchases4.Links to City Council’s policies and

strategies5. legal requirements


Sustainable Procurement- make it work!

• The policy places significant weight on the use of Whole Life Costing

1.Establish a corporate group to move the Policy forward

2.Raise awareness of the Policy amongst relevant Council staff and suppliers

3. Initiate a number of pilot sustainable purchasing projects (paper, timber and printer issues)

4.Develop a longer term Sustainable Purchasing Strategy


Sustainable Procurement- Guidelines -make it work!

• Corporate Guidelines developed in 2002– Based of work from Belfast City Council

• To address Sustainability Risk & Profile RiskSustainability risk considers such issues as:1. The social/environmental risk of the raw materials used2. Energy consumed in the manufacturing/conversion

process3. Environmental impact in use4. Ability to be re-used or recycled5. Biodegradability at the end of its useful life6. The working conditions and fair pay of producers


Sustainable Procurement- Guidelines - make it work!

• Profile Risk• public’s perception of the sustainability of a

particular purchase, • the potential for adverse publicity or the

potential to detract from the organisation’s good practice.


Sustainable Procurement- Areas of change

• Timber Procurement

• Catering

• Fairtrade

• Paper and copying

• Printing



• Joint working• Sharing across region• Buying power• Flexibility• Process issues• Resources



• 3Rs Re-organise, Renovate & Rebuild

• Regeneration - Guidance

• Sustainable building & constructions


Sustainable Procurement- Challenges

• Challenge process

• Spend to Save

• Sufficient resources?

• Fit for purpose v bottom line


Transformation of Procurement

What will this mean?

Future Plans


Aberdeen City Council 2006 Click to edit Master title style Procurement Power 1 May 2007, Derby.

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