Purpose

Cabinet Office issued a procurement policy note (PPN 06/21) in June 2021 to all Central Government Departments, their External Agencies and Non-Departmental bodies to become effective from 30 September 2021. The procurement policy note requires that companies bidding for contracts above £5 million per annum, where the subject matter of the contract is related and proportionate, should have a Carbon Reduction Plan in place to support the Government's ambitious carbon reduction targets.

The procurement policy note clearly sets out that this requirement is for government departments only but, following a Notice of Motion at Full Council in July 2021, it was agreed that the county council would work towards matching the requirements.

Following further review of the requirements set out in the procurement policy note, this report supports the introduction of the measures for the county council as indicated below.

Decision

The Cabinet approved the recommendations as set out in the report.