Councils told: Byatt doesn’t dictate on best-value plans
3 April 2012
Sir Ian Byatt’s major report on procurement in local government is not a “one-size-fits-all” approach to improving purchasing, but a chance for procurement professionals to pick and choose their routes to best value.
“Purchasers don’t need government to nanny them,” Sarah Wood, director of finance and performance review at Birmingham City Council, told delegates to the annual conference of the Society of Procurement Officers in local government (Sopo).
The Byatt report, Delivering Better Services for Citizens, was intended to raise purchasing’s profile. “A strong element in...