Part 4 - Contract Procedure Rules
Below are the Contract Procedure Rules.
- 1 - Background
- 2 - Scope
- 3 - Accountability and Responsibility
- 4 - Basic principles
- 5 - Exemptions to these Contract Procedure Rules
- 6 - Requirements to consult the Director of Policy, Performance and Governance and the Assistant Director of Legal Services
- 7 - Procuring via Frameworks, Collaborative Procurements and Dynamic Purchasing Systems
- 8 - The contracting process
- 9 - Localism
- 10 - Framework Agreements and Dynamic Purchasing Systems
- 11 - The Quotation Process
- 12 - Tendering Exercises
- 13 - Contracts Register
- 14 - Conditions of contract and contract formalities
- 15 - Other requirements
- 16 - Procurement guidance
Prevention of Corruption and Declaration of Interests
15.1 Officers shall comply with the Council’s Code of Conduct for Employees and the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy Statement and Strategy. In particular:
a)no Officer shall use or be seen to use their position to obtain any personal or private benefit (including benefit accruing to connected third parties) from any contract entered into by the Council;
b) Officers’ attention is drawn to the provisions of the Code of Conduct relating to the separation of roles during tendering.
15.2 With regards to any contract that has been proposed or entered into by the Council, Officers must disclose in writing to their Director any instances:
a) where they have any relationship with a supplier; or
b) where they have any personal interest (financial or non-financial) which could reasonably be considered to conflict with the Council’s interests.