470:, raised concerns that public procurers were using this procedure in cases which did not meet the "particularly complex" threshold, where pre-market engagement with suppliers would be more appropriate. The government therefore adopted a presumption against competitive dialogue, implemented from May 2012 through a requirement that within central government, departments wishing to use this procedure required approval from their Accounting Officer, or a Commercial Director in cases where the authority has been delegated. Guidance states that Accounting Officers should not sign off a competitive dialogue request if further pre-market engagement would better support the process of defining the nature or function of the goods or services required. The 2014 Directive and 2015 Regulations introduced some minor variations to the wording on how a CD must be conducted, for example provision for tenders to be "optimised" after they had been submitted was changed so that they could be "fine-tuned", while restriction on changes being made to the "basic features" of a tender was changed to a reference to its "essential features".
347:(LGA) in 2010 to inform the LGA's views on the proposed modernisation legislation, 36% of local government officers responding to a survey stated that the 2006 directives had led to more efficient and effective procurement practice, but 54% felt that "the simplicity of the procurement process" had deteriorated. The 2006 directives had created greater legal uncertainty within the local government procurement community. Several responses highlighted the need for better guidance and support from the EU and from the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which was then responsible for procurement policy. In February 2011 the UK Government stated its view that "the public procurement regime needs to be radically simplified to reduce
712:" and must be rejected if it has been proved that low costs reflect non-compliance with environmental, social or labour laws. The government has also recommended that public bodies make provision in contracts for later termination if a contractor has failed to comply with such laws in its contract performance, confirming that a contract clause to this effect would be compliant with the requirement in law for "appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public contracts economic operators comply with applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law" (Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 18(2).
249:(SMEs) "compete more effectively for public sector contracts". A review of progress with this initiative published in 2013 found that "against a backdrop of falling procurement spend", there had been a slight increase in direct expenditure with SMEs between 2011/12 (£4.4bn) and 2012/13 (£4.5bn). The 2008 budget statement also announced that businesses supplying services to Government would be able to sell their public sector invoices to debt specialists, a change which was expected to be "particularly advantageous to SMEs in managing their
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and business plans). The 2015 guidance made provision for a "safety valve" allowing suppliers to raise concerns if they felt that contractual information was being requested which did not add value, represented poor contract management practice or otherwise seemed unreasonable. The
Scottish Government has also referred to a commitment to become "more transparent" about its procurement activity.
1890:, chapter 3, March 2022 version, accessed 25 August 2022: "Each organisation in central government – department, agency, trading fund, NHS body, NDPB or arm's length body – must have an accounting officer. This person is usually its senior official. Formally the accounting officer in a public sector organisation is the person who parliament calls to account for stewardship of its resources."
898:) and from 1 April 2021 public bodies have been asked to promote the "Fair Work First" policy within procurement activity, which the government describes as its "flagship policy for driving high quality and fair work across the labour market in Scotland". The Scottish Government is a Living Wage Accredited Employer and encourages suppliers and other partners to adopt the Living Wage.
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1080:(CMA) issued a response to the green paper on 10 March 2021 detailing "ways in which reforms can harness the benefits of healthy, competitive markets". The CMA has proposed that "effective competition" should become a legal principle of public procurement, in order to secure better value for money and to reduce the possibility of illegal
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277:: the NAO found that 93% of the public bodies they surveyed had used a framework agreement during the financial year 2008–09. However, in a 2010 review of the use of framework agreements and other forms of collaboration, they noted that there was a "wide variation" among public bodies in the extent to which they were being used.
1061:, "to overhaul our outdated public procurement regime". Procurement Policy Note 11/20, also issued by the Cabinet Office on 15 December 2020, noted that following the end of the Transition Period, "below threshold procurement" could be reserved for suppliers based in certain geographical areas and/or reserved for
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Government Commercial Operating Standards, whose purpose is "to set expectations and drive consistency in the planning, management and execution of commercial activities, ensuring contracts and relationships with suppliers realise value for money and result in delivery
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or social security contributions, and where the breach has been established by a judicial or administrative decision having final and binding effect. Suppliers bidding for contracts over £5,000,000 in expected value are required to self-certify their status regarding tax compliance. A revised policy
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and its scale". Green argued that the report gave "a fair reflection" of government waste and inefficiency in practice, for which "very poor data and process" were seen as the main causes. Cameron welcomed the report, saying "I think it's a good report, it will save a lot of money and it's important
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Since 31 December 2020, most UK e-senders (third parties who operate publication systems which submit notices to the EU Publications Office) have been able to post notices to the FTS, although the
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November 2016 an advisory panel of 24 entrepreneurs and business figures was formed to advise the government on purchasing goods and services from SMEs, and a campaign was launched to demonstrate that "government is open for business", with a target of increasing government spending with SMEs to
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principles applicable to government procurement were published in March 2015, and updated in
February 2017, stating that there is a presumption in favour of contractual information being made publicly available (except in matters of commercial confidentiality such as pricing, intellectual property
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incorporated a series of supply-side measures which the government was undertaking "to rebalance and strengthen the economy in the medium term", which included extension of the existing pipelines in the construction and ICT fields to cover the publication of plans setting out the procurement needs
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offered the "best example" of where different government departments had separate contracts in place with different suppliers, so that overall government scale could not be levered effectively. Green suggested that an "urgent review" could lead to savings of 30-40% in this category of expenditure.
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received royal assent on 26 October 2023. Subject to aspects of devolution, it affects public procurement and utilities' procurement in
England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. At the same time, the government announced the establishment of a National Security Unit for Procurement, based
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National Procurement Service, established in 2013, and Value Wales – oversee Welsh public sector procurement. The role of Value Wales includes shaping procurement policy, monitoring procurement in practice, supporting, advising and developing procurement staff and ensuring
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noted in a report issued in 2012 that at that time, all seventeen central government departments were operating their own procurement card programmes. The
Cabinet Office has established a central steering group charged with developing and sharing best practice, but the Public Accounts Committee
339:'s proposals to modernise procurement legislation published in 2011. A "strategic supplier summit" held in February 2011 promoted the government's intention to introduce more openness in relation to "the contracts it signs, the goods and services it purchases and the way it purchases them". The
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Scottish public sector procurement in the construction field was published in 2013. The report noted the importance of public sector construction within Scotland but highlighted that procurement practices were often over-elaborate and documentation excessive in length.
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was set aside on the decision of the Northern Ireland Appeal Court. The contracting authority and the high court at first instance had assumed that quoted construction costs would be sufficiently comparable between bidding companies to allow their fee percentages to be used to identify which
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The UK government requires all government departments and their related organisations to ensure that they meet the minimum mandatory Government Buying Standards (GBS) when buying goods and services. Organisations in the wider public sector are also encouraged to specify the minimum mandatory
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for major contracts should also engage with SME's in their supply chains to ensure opportunities are available and fairly awarded. The government noted in 2013 that it did not yet have a full understanding of the role played by SMEs in the supply chains for their purchasing, especially their
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Subsequently, on 3 June 2021, a "National Procurement Policy Statement" was published, establishing that public procurement "should be leveraged to support priority national and local outcomes for the public benefit", in order to secure the creation of new businesses, jobs and skills, waste
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The government encourages departments to consult with potential suppliers before commencing formal procurement, noting in a 2012 Action Note that "it is not against EU procurement law to talk to potential suppliers before starting the formal procurement process", and confirming in 2016 that
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to raise concerns about public procurement practice in England, The service was rebranded as the "Public Procurement Review Service" in November 2018, responding to feedback from suppliers and public bodies that the "mystery shopper" title did not properly reflect the role of the service.
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Since 2011 the UK Government has operated a policy regarding the choice of procurement routes (for example, using the Open or Restricted procedures) and for recording the rationale supporting such choices. A "Procurement Route Decision Tree" was put in place to support this policy. The
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Noting that the public sector spent over £2 billion per year on the purchase of food and catering services (England and Wales) and that more than 30,000 public sector organisations were involved in food procurement, including schools and social services providers, the OGC and the
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the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations of 2015 and 2016 apply. The Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 requires contracting authorities to consider whether to impose community benefit requirements on contractors bidding for contracts in excess of £4,000,000 in value.
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were published in March 2020 and remained in effect until 31 October 2020, allowing public bodies to make advance payments and retention payments for contracts which have been interrupted by the measures taken to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Since 1 January 2021, the
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The Government Commercial Function (GCF) is a cross-government network procuring or supporting the procurement of goods and services for the government. Sitting within the GCF, the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) is the employer of senior commercial professionals (at
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internal market spend more than £20 billion. These policies have brought immense benefits to the country. Their full potential has still to be realised. The more procurement there is, the more important it becomes that Government Departments should make a first-class job of
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launched a collaborative food group to review this area of procurement, leading to the launch of the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI) in August 2003. The PSFPI set out to "encourage public bodies to procure food in a manner that considers the principles of
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UK procurement policy in line with its EU background allows for social and environmental considerations to be taken into account in procurement decision-making. Government guidance on this topic has noted that tenders which are "abnormally low" may hide practices of
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A short form of terms and conditions for the acquisition of low value goods and services was published by the Cabinet Office in April 2014, allowing government departments to adopt consistent, appropriate and proportionate terms which did not over-burden suppliers.
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community, to investigate suppliers who could pose a risk to national security. The Unit will create a new layer of protection, by assessing whether companies should be struck off from competing to supply goods and services to the public sector where they pose a
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requires public sector bodies in Wales to include the delivery of social, economic and environmental benefits for the community as an integral consideration in procurement and for this purpose each public body in Wales must appoint a Community Benefits Champion.
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The competitive dialogue (CD) procedure was introduced into EU procurement law by the 2004 Directive "on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts" as a procedure available to
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The OGC introduced a recommendation to central government departments and non-departmental public bodies in March 2010 suggesting inclusion within contracts of a clause under which the public body concerned could require the supplier to submit detailed
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for England for all tenders and contracts valued over £12,000 for central government and £30,000 for sub-central authorities and the NHS. These thresholds, formerly £10,000 and £25,000 respectively, were increased on 21 December 2022. According to
386:(CCS) publishes Procurement Policy Notes from time to time, which advise procurement staff in the public sector of government policy developments and best practice in relation to procurement. Procurement Policy Notes on responding to the 2019-2020
799:, a tender publishing company, only 27% of all UK public sector tenders were published on Contracts Finder between 2015 and 2017. Updated information regarding the use of Contracts Finder was published by the Cabinet Office on 21 June 2021.
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Publication of a "procurement pipeline" provides notice of current and planned procurement activity to be undertaken by a purchasing organisation so that prospective suppliers can be made aware of business opportunities for which they may
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of goods and services frequently purchased across the public sector, namely energy, vehicle fleet, travel, office solutions, information and communications technology, professional services, food and construction. A further category,
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The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide that public sector buyers must pay prime contractors within 30 days and must ensure that any subcontracts through the supply chain include a similar provision. In 2014–15 at least 33
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7 and above) and consists of 250 senior commercial specialists. Around 4,000 civil servants who undertake or support the procurement of goods and services for government form the GCF alongside the more senior GCO professionals.
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published on 20 December 2007. These regulations introduced the possibility of a contract being declared "ineffective" if it has been awarded by a contracting authority "in serious breach of the procurement rules", along with
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to impose further regulations on public bodies regarding how they undertake procurement. The Minister for the Cabinet Office is the minister with overall responsibility for procurement policy, which is delivered through the
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1038:(FTS) replaced the use of OJEU. Contracting authorities and entities were expected to ensure that their contract notices are published on the new e-notification service as well as the relevant site listed above.
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The Welsh Government adopted a Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains in 2019, incorporating 12 commitments aiming to protect and promote good employment practices throughout the supply chain.
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recommended additional central controls, fearing that the controls then in place were not adequate "to prevent and deter inappropriate use". Of particular concern was the extensive use of cards by staff of the
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of high quality public services", and for optimising use of procurement information across UK government. The GCF's "Contracts and Spend Insight Engine" (CaSIE), first established in 2017, includes a "
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paid fewer than half of their trade invoices on time, up from 23 in 2015–16 and 11 in 2014–15. Under the Better Payment Practice Code, they should pay at least 95% of non-NHS invoices within 30 days.
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contracts and projects "should be less than £100m lifetime costs". The government promoted and welcomed reform during the period from 2010 onwards, especially the development and implementation of
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Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Limited, F B McKee and Company Ltd. and Desmond Scott and Philip Ewing trading as Woodvale Construction Company Ltd. and Department of Education for Northern Ireland
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found that the assumption being made was incorrect, and the conclusion of the framework agreement on that basis and various qualitative evaluation criteria had been a "manifest error".
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Government departments use procurement cards to support prompt payment objectives; these can be used to pay for goods and services of any value. A dedicated form of payment card, the
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report published in 2021 noted that the government continued to expect that "food procurement should provide value for money while also ensuring 'high standards of production,
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recovery, employment and social and community support as a key aspect of the economic, social and environmental well-being supported by public sector contracting.
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by the Local Government Act 1988, sports and leisure management in 1989, and to "white-collar" services such as housing management in 1994/95.
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estimate for 2008–09. Both estimates suggest that one third of all public sector spending was devoted to the acquisition of goods and services.
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for other categories by April 2012, "to give suppliers the confidence to invest for the future and compete on a level playing field".
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opportunities for UK companies in policy and delivery planning" and "analyse markets to assess where growth is achievable". In the
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