According to Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Highland councils are drawing up a business case for shared procurement service to take on around £1bn of spend on goods and services.

A report to Highland Council’s Resources Committee said savings of 0.5% a year would generate annual savings for the three councils of £4.4m.

“The data analysis has identified 1,746 suppliers with a total spend of £227m where the focus will be, with some 40-50 commodities targeted initially to deliver lower costs greater than 0.5%,” said the report.

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