What Procurement Services aims to do in respect of Supplier Diversity?
24. Procurement Services needs to update its current process of identifying and more importantly working with diverse suppliers. The following are considerations that we aim to address and assess over the next 12 months: – • Review the value added by small firms, social enterprises, voluntary and community sector suppliers and ethnic minority businesses when making procurement decisions, including their role in the supply chain for partnerships, this will enable the MPS to maximise value for all parties. • Review how we promote race equality through our procurement function via individual contracts. • Review how we provide best value and quality in the provision of our service, taking due cognisance that utilisation of diverse suppliers may increase costs to the MPS. This aspect will need to be carefully considered when comparing value for money against supporting and promoting community suppliers. • Take account of other legislation and policies, together with the economic and social
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