Our Reference: 191119161416
19 November 2019
Mr G Hill
Email: @requests.fyi.org.nz
Dear Mr Hill
You recently enquired about the Council’s procurement policy to which we supply the following
information.
The Council has a Procurement and Contract Management Policy which was last reviewed and
updated in February of this year. We attach a copy for your reference.
All tenders are opened following a strict protocol, and different values will require senior
management team member(s) or councillors to be present at the tender opening. Some
tenders are accepted on best price, whilst others are accepted on attributes following an
evaluation process. To accept tenders, again the value and formal delegation of position
determines whether it is the senior manager, Management Team/Chief Executive or the
Council (over $1m) that require formal approval following all the processes before a tender is
accepted.
I trust this answers your current query.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Nichols
Governance Manager