Motion or amendment: Improving Procurement Practices for Schools - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr David Brooks on .
- MLA
- Mr David Brooks
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 20 February 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Improving Procurement Practices for Schools”
- Heading
- Improving Procurement Practices for Schools - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 429415
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Improving Procurement Practices for Schools - Amendment 1
Leave out all after 'relevant goods and services;' and insert:
‘calls on the Minister of Education to conduct a review of the EA's application of procurement policy for schools with a focus on reducing unnecessary administrative burdens, providing flexibility for school leaders to make purchasing decisions within clear and transparent guidelines, and establishing regular engagement with school leaders, to identify and address ongoing challenges in procurement policy; and further calls on the Minister of Education to work with the EA to advance plans to delegate authority to schools to procure low value maintenance works, as well as introduce new and more efficient contracts for the delivery of schools maintenance and minor works throughout Northern Ireland.’
123 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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