Report Summary
This report provides members of the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee with an overview of Police Scotland's Best Value update.
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Meeting
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Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 17 January 2023
Date : 17 January 2023
Location : online
Progress & Next Steps
Police Scotland Corporate Management and People Board (CMPB) has recently approved that a Best Value pilot be undertaken. The Procurement toolkit was selected for this purpose and the work in completing the self-assessment is currently being undertaken by the Procurement team. It is anticipated that the pilot work, including the review/ challenge phase, will be completed by 31 March 2023.
Following completion of the pilot, a plan will be set out for the completion of Best Value assessments over the next year or so. This will be taken to Police Scotland’s CMPB for consideration and endorsement.
Work will be initiated on a staggered basis such that a number of assessments will be in train at any one time. It is currently expected that an initial phase including all 18 toolkits, can be completed within approximately 3 years, however this is dependent on a number of factors that are not currently established/clear.
The results of each assessment will be reported into Police Scotland, ultimately to the Strategic Leadership Board.
It is proposed that ARAC will be kept appraised of progress by means of a brief report, brought twice per annum.
