sec.210Contracting plans

sec.210 Contracting plans

This section applies if the council decides to apply this part to its contracts. Each financial year, the council must make and adopt a contracting plan. A contracting plan is a document stating— the types of contracts that the council proposes to make in the financial year; and the principles and strategies for performing the contracts; and a policy about proposed delegations for the contracts; and a market assessment for each type of contract; and the contracts that the council considers will be significant (a significant contract ) having regard to the market assessment; and a policy about the making of a significant contracting plan under section 211 . A market assessment is an assessment of the relative cost and difficulty in securing supply under each type of contract. A contracting plan must be consistent with and support the achievement of the strategic directions stated in the council’s corporate plan. The council must not make the resolution to adopt a contracting plan before the council adopts the annual budget for the financial year. The council may, by resolution, amend a contracting plan at any time before the end of the financial year to which the plan relates. The council must allow the public to inspect and buy copies of the contracting plan at the council public office. (sec.210-ssec.1) This section applies if the council decides to apply this part to its contracts. (sec.210-ssec.2) Each financial year, the council must make and adopt a contracting plan. (sec.210-ssec.3) A contracting plan is a document stating— the types of contracts that the council proposes to make in the financial year; and the principles and strategies for performing the contracts; and a policy about proposed delegations for the contracts; and a market assessment for each type of contract; and the contracts that the council considers will be significant (a significant contract ) having regard to the market assessment; and a policy about the making of a significant contracting plan under section 211 . (sec.210-ssec.4) A market assessment is an assessment of the relative cost and difficulty in securing supply under each type of contract. (sec.210-ssec.5) A contracting plan must be consistent with and support the achievement of the strategic directions stated in the council’s corporate plan. (sec.210-ssec.6) The council must not make the resolution to adopt a contracting plan before the council adopts the annual budget for the financial year. (sec.210-ssec.7) The council may, by resolution, amend a contracting plan at any time before the end of the financial year to which the plan relates. (sec.210-ssec.8) The council must allow the public to inspect and buy copies of the contracting plan at the council public office.

• (a) the types of contracts that the council proposes to make in the financial year; and
• (b) the principles and strategies for performing the contracts; and