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The Borough of Telford & Wrekin (BTW) is a unitary
authority. As such we are responsible for all local government
services in the area, including land and property, education and,
social services. Our focus is on:
"Building a successful, prosperous and healthy community which
offers a good quality of life for all the people of Telford and
Wrekin".
Considerable competition exists for contracts with us. As such
in order to be successful in winning council contracts suppliers
will need to show an ability to supply high quality goods and
services at competitive prices.
Procurement is big business - public sector expenditure among
local authorities in England and Wales on goods and services is
estimated to be £40 billion per annum. We spend around £92m each
year on the procurement of our goods and services. Failure to
purchase these effectively can put the achievement of key
objectives and services at risk.
Procurement has been the subject of a number of national reports
in recent years, culminating in the publication in October 2003 of
the National Procurement Strategy (NPS).
Our procurement strategy brings together all of the key elements
of the NPS, emphasising the use of procurement best practice. It
provides specific focus to sustainability and equality (as well as
key local procurement) issues, linking directly into our corporate
governance principles of openness, inclusivity, integrity and
accountability.
All stages of the procurement cycle must be in accordance with
UK and European legal requirements, as well as reflecting our own
policies and priorities.
Please Note: It is our intention during the first half of 2006
to produce a list of existing and up-coming contracts which will be
published on our
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