Question follow-through · 113217
Public Sector: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether, whether his Department considers the extent to which a bidder’s business is based in the United Kingdom, and the proportion of its workforce that is employed in the United Kingdom as factors in the eval
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether, whether his Department considers the extent to which a bidder’s business is based in the United Kingdom, and the proportion of its workforce that is employed in the United Kingdom as factors in the eval
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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2 Mar 2026
Answer published
Contracts awarded under the Procurement Act 2023 which are considered to be below threshold (where the total value of a contract for goods and services is less than £135,018 including VAT) can already be reserved to UK-based suppliers, or suppliers based ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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