Western Bay of Plenty District Council procures goods, services, and works. This provides an opportunity to influence and impact supplier markets, and the people working and living in those markets.
Adopting Procurement Principles across Council is an enabler to drive positive change to achieve our community outcomes and focus on our Strategic Priorities, to provide better outcomes for all.
When adopting these principles we are committed to:
- ensuring our supply contracts for goods, services and works provide Public Value*
AND
- our procurement activity delivers positive impact and overall wellbeing to our local communities, local businesses, local economy, our iwi partners, and the environment. These are called Economic Benefits.
In other words, Public Value means the best possible result for Western Bay district for the money spent. It includes using resources effectively, economically and responsibly, and taking into account:
- the results we are trying to achieve, including economic benefits, and
- the total costs and benefits of a procurement (i.e. total cost of ownership).
The principle of public value when procuring goods, services or works does not mean selecting the lowest price but rather the best possible outcome for the money spent.
Selecting the most appropriate procurement process that is proportionate to the value, risk and complexity of the procurement will help achieve public value.
