Efforts to boost the Dundee economy and support local firms will be outlined to councillors.
The City Governance Committee will consider a Corporate Procurement Strategy for 2024-2027 at its next meeting on Monday June 10.
Councillors will hear how the procurement strategy will help meet the delivery of wider Council Plan objectives. These include reducing child poverty and inequality, delivering inclusive economic growth, tackling climate change, building resilient and empowered communities and designing a modern council.
A report explains how community wealth building efforts will be supported through increased local tendering opportunities.
The strategy has also been designed to help with reductions in carbon emissions, informed by work undertaken by the council’s climate change team.
Committee convener Councillor John Alexander said: “We are determined to make the city a better place for everyone, and this latest version of our Procurement Strategy shows that the council is working hard to maximise the benefits of our spending locally.
“Our Council Plan is designed to improve our communities and it is vital that procurement supports these objectives.
“Community wealth building and reducing carbon emissions are crucial targets for the council and I am pleased to see how the strategy is developing these themes.”
Dundee City Council
Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.
