11th April 2011, 12:01 PM
Well.....one local authority unit I worked for did have an SLA (Service Level Agreement) which stipulated that all contracts for council projects (schools etc) up to a set value had to go to the council unit without tendering.
BUT is that any different to a private/commercial unit having 'prefered contractor status' with a major contractor/consultancy or all university work going to the university's own unit?
Personally, working within local authority units, I think there are far more dissadvantages than percieved advantages - e.g. at the moment we are enduring a recruitment freeze, pay freeze (in it's third year), increment freeze and forever battling restrictions being imposed on a blanket-wide fashion across the entire authority which have a significant impact on our ability to conduct business.
All of which - we have no say in.
BUT is that any different to a private/commercial unit having 'prefered contractor status' with a major contractor/consultancy or all university work going to the university's own unit?
Personally, working within local authority units, I think there are far more dissadvantages than percieved advantages - e.g. at the moment we are enduring a recruitment freeze, pay freeze (in it's third year), increment freeze and forever battling restrictions being imposed on a blanket-wide fashion across the entire authority which have a significant impact on our ability to conduct business.
All of which - we have no say in.
ShadowJack