The Dunedin City Council has moved to a "buy local" policy as the Covid-19 lockdown bites the city’s businesses.
Dunedin City Council financial and commercial general manager Dave Tombs said the council’s executive leadership team decided to change the council’s default position for tendered procurement and its procurement and contract management policy was being updated to reflect the change.
"The ‘think local’ weighting — which places greater emphasis on buying from Dunedin businesses — would shift to at least 25%, with a capped level of 40%," he said.
"Previously, the council procurement and contract management policy allowed this weighting to be no more than 15%."
The change would remain in place until further notice.