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Bracknell Forest Borough Council - Procurement Strategy 2005

Overview Procurement in the wider sense encompasses the whole process of acquiring external goods and services, from determining and specifying the requirement, reviewing the market, sourcing suppliers, obtaining and evaluating bids, negotiating and awarding a contract, through to contract management. This paper represents the first full review of the Procurement Strategy in the light of the ODPM initiative and incorporates changes to demonstrate the Council's commitment to the national initiative. It reaffirms the principles that will govern procurement in Bracknell Forest and appends a plan to make them happen.

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Publisher	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2005	Downloads	56
Format	White Papers
Topics	Procurement and Sourcing

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