74 Review of Outsourced Service Provision (Decision 110490) PDF 151 KB
Minutes:
Councillor Hebb began by
stating this report had been commissioned by Councillor Aker
following a motion at Full Council. He congratulated the hard work
put into the report by Sharon Bayliss and Stef Seff as the report
was very clear and clinical. He added this report built on previous
work about what services were delivered by which providers, as well
as the ongoing Council Spending Review. He stated that 84% of
services were delivered either by the Local Authority or volunteers
based in Thurrock, but even the multi-national companies that were
awarded contracts had employees who lived in the borough, which
served the local economy. Councillor Hebb added that the Council
tried to ensure that each tender had a local bid, and the Council
also ran a workshop for local businesses on how to put together a
successful procurement bid. He summarised by stating this was an
ongoing piece of work, that the Council would revisit when the
market or demand levels changed.
Councillor Huelin added that she felt disappointed that when
officers had stayed late to present this report to Members,
Councillor Aker did not show. She commented that the community
workshops on how to place a successful procurement bid were well
attended and also showed local businesses how to get the funding
they needed. The Leader also added that each tender was different
and it was important small businesses knew how to put a bid
together. He stated that the Council wanted good value for
residents, both in terms of money and social added value and gave
the example of the children’s transport contract which
utilised many Thurrock businesses.
RESOLVED: That Cabinet:
1. Reviewed the response to the motion raised by Councillor Aker MEP and agreed that the
current and planned actions set out within the report were
sufficient.