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What Are the Procurement Objectives?
This is a UK procurement term. The principles every buyer must work to: delivering value for money, maximising public benefit, sharing information transparently and acting with integrity.
What are the procurement objectives?
Delivering value for money, maximising public benefit, sharing information so suppliers and others understand the buyer's policies and decisions, and acting, and being seen to act, with integrity.
Do they have legal force?
Yes. Contracting authorities must have regard to them when carrying out a covered procurement.
What else must buyers consider?
They must treat suppliers the same unless a difference is justified, and have regard to the barriers SMEs face.
