176 can ’ t do what they need to do , training on the e-tendering portal must be done in conjunction with contract procedure rules , so that staff not only understand what they have to do but more importantly why . The big push at the moment within the boroughs is around social value but it ’ s no good if just comes from leads in procurement . We need this to be embedded in the design of services and contracts so I need to get senior buy-in from both boroughs , and elected Members to champion some of these causes ,” he states .
Brexit is naturally a major issue at the moment and recently the Council has established a working group and held risk workshops to look at the potential impact and to enable scenario planning .
“ There is no doubt that if freedom of movement becomes an issue it will impact our supply chain with regards access to labour . We ’ ve also got issues in London within social care and the construction sector ”, he says .
“ Medium to long-term , we will look at the pipeline of developments that are going to go on in the different boroughs and we can use this as an opportunity to attract and train apprentices to
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