The Procurement Strategy defines how policies, procedures, and associated strategies work together to achieve better procurement for our community and for our planet.
Procurement at Inner West Council is centre-led, although some controls are centralised. This allows us to seize opportunities and proactively mitigate risks to improve outcomes for Council, our stakeholders and the community. Council has previously been independently reviewed and benchmarked as an emerging leader within the local government sector, and this overarching strategy supporting a robust framework will serve as the blueprint for Inner West to achieve procurement excellence.
Framework
Procurement refines and administers a framework that inspires confidence and trust in the procurement strategy. It also concentrates on increasing internal stakeholder capability. By encouraging and supporting our internal stakeholders Council can achieve sustainable, governance and ethical outcomes.
There are four distinct pillars in the procurement framework:
- Governance controls, ethical, sustainable
- Ethical, sustainable, local, social and Indigenous procurement
- Process/tools
- Performance monitoring