Selection of Contractors
Last updated:Contractors are mainly selected to work for the Council using the following methods:
a) Contractors may apply to be on a Buckinghamshire Council List of Contractors of an employing service such as Transportation or Property Services. NB: Quotes or tenders will still be required, see the Council’s Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, or local rules for devolved / delegated budgets for the awarding of contracts.
b) Contractors may tender for a particular contract or “Framework”, for example: catering, window cleaning, highways maintenance, vehicle maintenance, a building extension or grounds maintenance (this will include the procedures adopted locally by schools / establishments with delegated / devolved budgets).
c)Within Services, Head Teachers or Heads of establishments may use local contractors via quotations in accordance with standing orders and financial regulations.
In very exceptional circumstances it may be necessary to use a contractor to fulfil a proprietary need (see the Council’s Standing Orders for full details) for which no competitive tenders can be obtained. In these circumstances the health and safety requirements of this document still need to be fulfilled and it is recommended that the advice of the Procurement Team should be sought.
Where work is carried out by volunteers (paid or unpaid) the same standards apply as for any other contracted work. See the Council’s Health and Safety Policies and Procedures Section 2.8 Volunteers.