What does the Social Partnership and Procurement Bill mean for Carmarthenshire?

An over-arching duty to consider socially responsible procurement

“Deliver fair work through procurement”

• Fair reward – fair work practices question/living wage, includes due diligence on overseas supply chains.
• Employee voice and representation – union recognition, access to workers, collective bargaining

The Duties

• Publish a Contracts Pipeline
• Publish a Procurement Strategy
• Publish an Annual Report on application of Socially-Responsible Procurement duty

Contract Management Duties on major construction contracts and outsourcing services contracts

• Construction contract clauses
• Duty above £2m to have regard to model social public works clauses (currently being drafted)
  
  • Pass duties along supply chain
  • Process to monitor compliance
• Two-tier Workforce Code (No change to the current guidance, except on reporting)

Establishment of a Social Partnership Council – including procurement expertise, to monitor non-application of contract management duties

Supplier Feedback Service to be extended to include contract management