8. Collaborative and Partnership Working

The Council is an active member of the Kent Buying Consortium, Kent Connects and actively involved with the South East Regional Centre of Excellence.  The Council sees collaboration as a cornerstone of its procurement activity and it  will look to develop partnerships arrangements and continue to seek and utilise, existing and future collaborative opportunities across the whole of the public sector, and as identified within the private and voluntary sectors as appropriate, as part of our procurement option appraisal.

The Council acknowledges the importance of partnerships in delivering services.  It already benefits from a range of partnerships and is committed to exploring all options (with private, public and voluntary organisations) and will seek to foster existing and new partnerships where they will deliver best value and who are committed to uphold Council policy standards i.e. Health & Safety, Equality, Code of Conduct, in order to provide quality services to the Thanet Community both now and the future.

To view all current contracts see the Council’s Contract and Procurement Programme (PDF) (Contract Register) and for information on all planned procurements for the next 4 years see the Council’s Strategic Procurement and Value for Money Programme (PDF)

South East Centre of Excellence (SECE)

The Centre is responsible for supporting all of the 74 Local Authorities within the South East, in their delivery of the aims of the National Procurement Strategy and Gershon Efficiency Review: http://www.sece.gov.uk/

SECE have launched a South East Region Business Portal designed to allow the sharing of information about existing contracts (Contract Store) and forthcoming tendering opportunities (Opportunities) across the 74 Local Authorities of the South East region.   https://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk/

• Introduction
• Regulatory Framework
• Project Management
• Options Appraisal
• Code of Conduct for Employees and Councillors
• Preparing to Purchase
• Kent Authorities' Contract Standing Orders and Purchasing Guide at Thanet
• Collaborative and Partnership Working
• Pre-qualification and Accreditation
• EC Procurement Regulations
• Standard Contract Documentation
• e-Procurement
• Sustainability and Best Value

E-mail: contracts@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577111