Purpose

To consider the proposal to expand the current
STAR shared procurement service (STAR) from four partner councils
to six partner councils.

Content

The Cabinet considered
the STAR Procurement Collaboration and Executive Joint Committee
detailing the strategic proposal to expand the current STAR Shared
Procurement service (“STAR”) from four partner councils
to six partner councils and the rationale for STAR’s growth
strategy, proposed commercial arrangements, governance arrangements
and implementation strategies and agreed to:-
 

·        
Approve the disestablishment of the current STAR Joint
Committee.

·        
Approve the expansion of the current shared procurement service to
include the Fifth Partner and Sixth Partner which will continue to
be hosted by Trafford Borough Council in accordance with the
provisions detailed in the main body of the report.

·        
Approve the establishment of a new STAR Joint Committee for
Stockport, Trafford, Rochdale, Tameside, the Fifth Partner and
Sixth Partner that will support the delivery of the Shared Service
and provide delegated authority to the Procurement Service to
operate across the Stockport, Trafford, Rochdale, Tameside, Fifth
Partner and Sixth Partner areas.

·        
Approve the governance arrangements and Terms of Reference of the
new STAR Joint Committee as set out in the report.

·        
Delegate authority to the Assistant Director – Legal &
Democratic Governance in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Finance and Resources to agree the final terms and conditions of
and to enter into an Inter Authority Agreement (“IAA”)
in respect of the STAR Procurement shared service in similar terms
to the existing IAA.

·        
To note the proposed approach to those circumstances whereby staff
would transfer to the new procurement service, and therefore to
Trafford Council under TUPE, as outlined in the report.

Alternative options considered

None.