Procurement
The HCA aims to achieve efficient and effective procurement of works, goods and services to enable us to meet our operational and administrative requirements.
We are committed to achieving value for money, in terms of quality and price, in all procurement activity. We endeavour to communicate our requirements and evaluation criteria clearly and to establish levels of competition appropriate to the size and complexity of the purchase. Throughout the competitive process, we seek to adopt the highest possible standards of probity.
To reflect our regional delivery model and devolved decision making, responsibility for procurement decisions often rests at a regional level. Our corporate procurement function provides advice and operational support to the regions.
Our competitive processes are split into three categories:
- procurement covers the typical purchase of works, supplies and services that are required to enable project delivery, provide corporate services and manage our premises
- joint ventures include the establishment of corporate vehicles which may be specific to particular land interests
- disposals covers the sale of land to developers for residential, commercial or mixed use schemes.
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Consultant panels
The HCA maintains a number of consultants' panels and term consultants to deliver our regeneration and development programmes. These panels are regularly re-procured and can be used by our partner organisations.
Development agreements – OGC Procurement Policy Note
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) issued a Procurement Policy Note in October 2009 providing preliminary guidance on the application of the public procurement rules relating to development agreements.
The note discusses the applicability of the public procurement rules to “development agreements” between local authorities or other public bodies and developers. It sets out some of the circumstances which may reduce or increase the likelihood that a development agreement will be subject to the public procurement rules. OGC understands that this issue is currently of concern to a number of local authorities and others, particularly in the context of European Court of Justice cases, for example the Auroux case (C-220 / 5 Jean Auroux and others v Commune of Roanne).
Last updated: 23 October 2009