Essex authorities combine to pool purchasing budgets_2
7 September 2012
A consortium of local authorities in Essex has joined forces in a bid to improve the county's public-sector purchasing.
The Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE) involves 12 public authorities pooling budgets, as recommended by the National Procurement Strategy for Local Government, recently published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Councils in Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castlepoint, Chelmsford, Essex, Harlow, Maldon, Southend, Tendring and Uttlesford will team up,...