Part 4Contracts and tenders policies

Part 4—Contracts and tenders policies 49—Contracts and tenders policies (a1) A council must develop and maintain procurement policies, practices and procedures directed towards— (a) obtaining value in the expenditure of public money; and (b) providing for ethical and fair treatment of participants; and (c) ensuring probity, accountability and transparency in procurement operations. (1) Without limiting subsection (a1), a council must prepare and adopt policies on contracts and tenders, including policies on the following: (a) the contracting out of services; and (b) competitive tendering and the use of other measures to ensure that services are delivered cost-effectively; and (c) the use of local goods and services; and (d) the sale or disposal of land or other assets. (2) The policies must— (a) identify circumstances where the council will call for tenders for the supply of goods, the provision of services or the carrying out of works, or the sale or disposal of land or other assets; and (b) provide a fair and transparent process for calling tenders and entering into contracts in those circumstances; and (c) provide for the recording of reasons for entering into contracts other than those resulting from a tender process; and (d) be consistent with any requirement prescribed by the regulations. (3) A council may at any time alter a policy under this section, or substitute a new policy or policies (but not so as to affect any process that has already commenced).