Decision details
Adopting the WLA low-carbon procurement policy
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This paper seeks approval from Cabinet to
adopt the West London Alliance (WLA) low carbon procurement policy.
This has been developed collaboratively between eight boroughs, and
is intended to present a unified, high-level expectation of
suppliers for council contracts on tackling the climate emergency
across the subregion.
An accompanying low-carbon charter (‘the charter’) with
suppliers has been developed for inclusion in all new tenders, and
for circulation to existing suppliers to encourage them to sign up
to the same principles. A low-carbon procurement toolkit
(‘the toolkit’) has also been developed to support
commissioning and procurement officers to adopt climate
considerations into all procurement.
Decision:
That Cabinet:
1.
Adopts the West London Alliance low-carbon
procurement policy.
2.
Approves the inclusion of the accompanying
low-carbon charter in all future tenders as a precondition for
successful tenderers.
3.
Approves that the charter be sent to all current
suppliers to encourage them to voluntarily agree to its
principles.
4. Approves the inclusion of climate impact considerations in the development and evaluation of all future procurements, supported by the low-carbon toolkit and other support and advice available from the climate unit and elsewhere.
Report author: Jim Cunningham
Publication date: 08/03/2022
Date of decision: 07/03/2022
Decided at meeting: 07/03/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 11/03/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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