2.1 Policy Statement

RoS’s Procurement’s goal is that value-for-money (VFM) must be achieved when our finite resources are used to procure all goods and services needed to perform our statutory and other duties. Value for money is defined as the optimum combination of whole-life costs and quality (or fitness for purpose) to meet the user’s requirement.  Whole life costs are not just the cost of acquisition and can include, for example, costs associated with implementation, operational costs, support and maintenance costs of applications or equipment and end-of-life disposal costs.

RoS’s policy on Sustainable Procurement will also be adopted in all procurements through the application of our Sustainable Procurement policy (see Appendix B).

The procedures followed in reaching this goal must accord with best professional practices and ethical codes of conduct as detailed in this Manual and its Appendices. Compliance with both the spirit and the letter of the Procurement regulations is expected.