LA definition for 'local' in regard to the procurement of goods and services for ASC providers - Find a freedom of information request

Environmental, Social and Governance Freedom of Information Request.

Pre-amble

To enable care providers to work effectively with Local Authorities (LAs) to meet their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, the following information request looks to establish key information critical for Adult Social Care (ASC) providers to support LA to meet those commitments.

1. Please provide your LA definition for 'local' in regard to the procurement of goods and services.

Note: if you do not have a specific definition, please offer guidance to ASC providers as to how they should consider this in regard to supporting your LA.

2. Please provide your LA definition for 'minority' in instances such as minority-owned businesses and similar contexts.

Note: if you do not have a specific definition, please offer guidance to ASC providers as to how they should consider this in regard to supporting your LA.

3. Please state any energy commitments your LA are implementing over the next 1-3 years, and what you require from ASC providers to help achieve your LA commitments to net zero carbon ambitions etc.

4. Please can you provide a copy of, or a link to your current ESG policy statement, guidance, support and/or commitments or requirements as an LA.

5. Please provide information relating to any requirements necessary in respect of ESG for ASC providers to work with your LA, and state any weighting or scoring this may have on your decision to work with such ASC providers now or in the future.

I can confirm that some of the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Local - Where the supplier is based or established in Lincolnshire and has substantive business operations in Lincolnshire. In this context, this means having a registered office, factory or other permanent base and staff in that location through which meaningful business operations have been conducted for at least 12 months.

2. Lincolnshire County Council does not hold this information.

3. The Council is looking at energy use across its own estate – but does not currently have specific schemes that are aimed at providers.

4. The Council’s carbon reduction and environmental objectives are set out in the Lincolnshire Green Masterplan document https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/greenmasterplan 5. Where any such requirements exist, these will be detailed within the paperwork of the specific individual procurement opportunity. We do not adopt a set weighting or scoring requirements in relation to ESG, with requirements being considered on a case-by-case basis.