The GCF told us that it accepted all of the recommendations of the NAO report, and welcomed the recommendation that the Cabinet Office, GCF and CCS work with departments to understand the barriers to early market engagement and take steps to address them.28 The GCF agreed that there is a need to make sure that public authorities spend enough time understanding the market up front—what the market can deliver and 18 Q 43 19 Q 61 20 C&AG’s Report, para 15 21 Q 61 22 Q 62 23 Q 56 24 Q 50 25 Q 43 26 C&AG’s Report, para 11 27 C&AG’s Report, para 18 28 Q 13, C&AG’s Report, para 20 12 Competition in public procurement what best practice is in the market—rather than coming up with what they would ideally like, which may not be deliverable. The GCF agreed that the government has often not understood what the market can deliver.29