Mendip takes action on Audit Commission criticism
3 April 2012
Mendip District Council has insisted that its development of a procurement strategy will address the Audit Commission’s recent judgment that it has a “poor” service.
The commission’s best-value inspectors found an “ad hoc and fragmented” approach to procurement and contract management at the council. It said there was no central monitoring of Mendip’s 187 contracts, including a £2.5 million Capita contract for outsourced IT, administration and financial services.
The council has complied with all the inspectorate’s...