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Smaller businesses face significant barriers in tendering due to contract size and guarantee requirements.

Recommendation
We have previously commented, in our report on transforming rehabilitation, that the MOJ had frozen voluntary sector organisations out of the bidding because they were unable to provide the onerous Parent Company Guarantees required to tender for the contracts.51 We wanted to know what support is available for smaller businesses that are committed to delivering social value, but the size of the contract makes it difficult for them. The GCF commented that the social value criteria is applied at a contract level.52
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 8 March 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age 2.7 yrs
Report published 13 Dec 2023