Procurement Role
The principle role of Procurement in the Environment Agency is to:
- Reduce the environmental impacts of procurement activity and promote widely
- Effectively manage the Agency's commercial risk exposure
- Negotiate, let and manage contracts and the supply chain in the Agency's commercial interest
- Influence traditional attitudes and processes
- Improve efficiency and deliver value for money in the commitment of expenditure
Procurement Strategy
The overall goals of the Environment Agency's Procurement Strategy is to ensure:
- Leadership in Environmental Procurement
- Identification and analysis of Agency expenditure portfolio to identify opportunities
- Identification and analysis of risk to minimise surprises
- Direction of resource to highest value and highest risk expenditure areas
- Creation of a control framework that enables delegation of low value expenditure, minimising transaction costs
- Application of latest procurement tools and techniques to maintain best practice
