Procurement & Contracts Policy
How the Council buys goods and services
The Council has a Procurement Strategy and Contract Procedure
Rules (pdf 81kb)and Financial Procedure
Rules (pdf 273kb) which enforce the procedures for buying
goods and services. The Council spent £28million in 2004/2005 on a
wide range of goods and services.
The purpose of Thanet District Council's Procurement Strategy
2006-2009 (pdf, 246kb) is to promote
effective procurement across the whole organisation. It has
been divided into two separate documents; the Procurement
Strategy and the TDC Procurement Code
of Practice (pdf, 264kb).
The Council must ensure that the money it receives from general
tax payers and council tax payers is used as carefully as possible
and that it achieves the best value for money. A significant
proportion of the Council’s spending is, therefore, under contracts
which have been subject to reasonable competition.
The Council is a member of the Kent Buying Consortium and when
appropriate, joins with other authorities in Kent to undertake
joint contracting. The Council also makes use of contracts awarded
by other bodies on behalf of public authorities, such as the
Central Buying Consortium, the Office of Government Commerce Buying
Solutions, Kent Commercial Services and Laser.
The following thresholds apply to requirements for the external
supply of goods, services or works:
|
£0 - £4,000
|
Written quotes not required, however, considered good practice
to do so and to make best efforts to secure probity and value for
money
|
| £4,001 to £10,000 |
Written quotes not required, however, considered good practice
to do so and to make best efforts to secure probity and value for
money. Results of procurement process must be documented as
set out in 3.5 of the Council's Contract Procedure Rules. |
| £10,000 to £75,000 |
Four written quotes or invite tenders by one of the procedures
as prescribed in section 4 of the Council's Contract Procedure
Rules |
| £75,000+ |
Full tendering exercise to be carried out as prescribed in
section 4 of the Council's Contract Procedure Rules |
| From 01.01.08 Over £139,893 for goods or services; or Over
£3,497,313 for works |
Formal tendering in line with Regulations implementing EU
legislation |
For building and construction contracts, the Council has
approved Constructionline who hold the names and addresses of all
contractors who meet their approved list criteria and includes
the nature and value of contracts for which contractors listed may
be used and is publicly advertised periodically. If you wish to
apply to become a supplier on this list you can either, telephone
0870 240 0152 or download an application form
from http://www.constructionline.co.uk/static