Agenda item

To receive details of waivers as referred to in the Procurement Pipeline report.

The Sub-Committee considered details of the waivers referred to in the Procurement Pipeline report.

Members noted that under the previous executive form of governance, Cabinet Portfolio Holders were regularly briefed on waivers within their areas of responsibility. Under the new committee system, there appeared to be no such member oversight. It was suggested that some form of member oversight should be brought into the process, for example the briefing of the relevant committee chair.

The Director of Finance and Customer Services undertook to discuss the matter with the Monitoring Officer, and in addition would see what other local authorities were doing.

RESOLVED

That the Sub-Committee notes the reasons for 17 waivers approved between 1^st September 2021 and 30^th November 2021 (27 in total in 2021/22).