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Departments demonstrate varying success in public procurement and supplier appointment.
Recommendation
We have many departments coming before us with varying degrees of success appointing commercial suppliers via public procurement processes and delivering effective outcomes. We have previously recommended, in our report on Green Homes Grant voucher scheme, how the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy should improve the technical scrutiny of bids during its procurements, to better assure the capability of suppliers and the practical feasibility of their proposals, particularly where a bidder is promising considerably more than others.59
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.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
Sixth Report - Competition in public procurement
13 Dec 2023
HC 385
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.7 yrs
Report published
13 Dec 2023