Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee.

The report details the review carried out by the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee into the STAR Procurement and Social Value and the proposed recommendations.

That the Director of Finance be requested to prepare a response to the STAR Procurement and Social Value scrutiny review and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Cabinet at a future meeting.

Officer contact: Jonathan Davies on 0161 218 1025 or email jonathan.davies@stockport.gov.uk or  Laura Mercer  on 0161 218 1799 or email laura.mercer@stockport.gov.uk.

The Cabinet received the final report of the Scrutiny Review into STAR Procurement and Social Value (copies of which had been circulated).

The Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources (Councillor Jilly Julian) stated that the Chair of the Scrutiny Review had been unable to attend this meeting of the Cabinet, however s summary of the Chair’s comments were provided to the meeting

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         The contribution of the Director of STAR to the work of the Review Panel was acknowledged.

·         The expansion of STAR to now include six local authorities was allowing the council to reap further benefits derived from economies of scale.

RESOLVED - (1) That the Director of Finance be requested to prepare a response to the STAR Procurement and Social Value scrutiny review and the recommendations contained therein for consideration by the Cabinet at a future meeting

(2) That the gratitude of the Cabinet be recorded for the excellent work undertaken by the Scrutiny Review Panel ‘STAR Procurement and Social Value’ and others involved in the Review.

To consider a report of the Director of Finance

The report details the review carried out by the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Review Panel into STAR Procurement and Social Value.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to request Cabinet to consider the report’s recommendations.

Officer contact: Jonathan Davies on 0161 218 1025 or email jonathan.davies@stockport.gov.uk,  Laura Mercer  on 0161 218 1799 or email laura.mercer@stockport.gov.uk.

The Director of Finance submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the review carried out by the Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Review Panel into STAR Procurement and Social Value.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Members thanked the Scrutiny Review for its work and welcomed the recommendations contained within the report.

·         The Match My Project scheme had demonstrated the benefits of social value.

·         STAR procurement had an annual rotating chair and Stockport was scheduled to chair next year. Stockport continued to lead the way by piloting new ways to attract social value and it was continually looking for ways to go further and faster and to ensure that spend remained local.

·         The council’s work on social value and procurement was something to be proud of and it should look for opportunities to communicate its work to a wider audience.

·         It was suggested that Section 106 decisions be determined by members at an Area Committee level; this would be explored outwith the recommendations contained within the report.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted and recommendations be endorsed for submission to the Cabinet.