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Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 16510 on Public Sector: Procurement, if he will exempt SMEs from the new National Procurement Policy Statement’s requirements on (a) social value and (b) tr

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 19 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 7 Jan 2025
Answer: 13 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 16510 on Public Sector: Procurement, if he will exempt SMEs from the new National Procurement Policy Statement’s requirements on (a) social value and (b) tr
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The government will publish a new National Procurement Policy Statement shortly. The Procurement Act, due to come into force in February 2025, requires contracting authorities to have regard to the particular barriers facing SMEs, and to consider what can...

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