Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 8
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It should also update us on the number of contracts (and their financial value) in...
Conclusion
It should also update us on the number of contracts (and their financial value) in which it is seeking to recover costs for undelivered or substandard PPE. COVID-19: Government procurement and supply of Personal Protective Equipment 11 1 Government’s approach to procurement during the pandemic
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
7.5 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: July 2021 7.6 Alongside the efforts to fully reconcile the total spend and receipt of high-quality PPE (set out in response to recommendation 7a), work is underway to identify contracts where, due to supplier delivery or product quality failure, the department is seeking to recover the costs of undelivered or substandard PPE. 7.7 This is an ongoing reconciliation process. These matters are being investigated and passed through a governance forum, the Commercial Assurance and Approvals Board (CAAB). This Board has been established to support the decision-making process to progress all matters to completion. 7.8 The department plans to write to the Committee by the end of July to report: • the number and value of contracts where it has been successful in recovering the costs of undelivered or substandard PPE; • the number and value of contracts where efforts have been made to recover the costs of undelivered or substandard PPE, and the delta of any settlement vs the original contracted agreement can be reported (i.e. a write down/off against the contracted value); and • the number and value of contracts that it is still seeking to recover costs for undelivered or substandard PPE.