Leicester to centralise after Audit Commission criticism_2
17 August 2012
Leicester City Council is to set up a corporate procurement team after an Audit Commission report branded its purchasing practices inconsistent and unlikely to improve.
A review by the commission’s Best Value Inspection Service said the council’s purchasing was undertaken by individual departments in isolation, with no single officer responsible.
The council had long been concerned about the procurement and monitoring of contracts. “We chose procurement for the review because it influences every part of the council’s activities...