Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub Committee received a report of the Chamberlain following a report considered in November 2013 concerning the findings of a corporate-wide review of Supplies and Services and Third Party Payments categories of expenditure. The Chairman asked Members to focus on the value for money aspects of the report. Members noted the focus of the report and that a large element of spend had been reviewed and that detailed analysis had been carried out to determine whether potential efficiency saving areas could be identified in other areas.

Members discussed the report, clarifying points regarding the aggregation of work to make contracts attractive for organisations, and highlighted some areas of duplication and a need for rationalisation of work. Members noted that internal audit identified several areas where spending had been incorrectly coded; which was indirectly linked to value for money, and new training and reviewed code descriptions were being developed to address this.

RESOLVED – That:

(a)  A further report is provided to the Sub Committee following the completion of the internal audit VFM review of consultancy fees and the joint working planned between internal audit and City Procurement on Professional, Management and Consultancy Fees.

(b)  That a detailed review of the Police Forensic Services Framework and Open Spaces Winter works by City Procurement with the relevant Department be reported back to the Sub Committee via the outstanding actions report.