The 'best value' dimension to outsourcing
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Practice notesThe 'best value' dimension to outsourcing
Produced in partnership with Rachel Barrett of Cloisters and Helena Ifeka of Cloisters
Practice notes
What is the best value duty?
The best value duty (BVD) requires a local government organisation to be able to show that it has arrangements to secure continuous improvement in how it ‘exercises its functions’ or, in other words, how to delivers its work. In practice, this is likely to cover how the organisation balances its budget and provides statutory services, including adult social care and children’s services.
The BVD was introduced by the Local Government Act 1999 (LGA 1999). That remains the governing legislation although it has been amended considerably, particularly by the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (LGPIHA 2007).
Much of the guidance about what BVD is and how it should be applied in practice is found not in the LGA 1999 but in statutory guidance, which is issued periodically pursuant to LGA 1999, s 26.
Best value replaced compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) which had required local authorities in England and Wales to expose prescribed services to a competitive tendering exercise in classified
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What does Best value mean?
A local government performance framework introduced by the Local Government Act 1999, which imposes a duty on local authorities and certain other public authorities (referred to as best value authorities) to make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the way in which their functions are exercised, having regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
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