Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Deferred
Paragraph: 141
Despite advances made since the publication of the Procurement Policy Note in 2015, UK steel...
Recommendation
Despite advances made since the publication of the Procurement Policy Note in 2015, UK steel producers are still encountering challenges when competing for and securing public contracts. Much of this is due to an opaque and informal approach taken to steel procurement by contracting authorities and action is needed from the Government to make this process more transparent. Furthermore, a lack of transparency in steel supply chains together with an absence of explicit guidance on how social and environmental considerations should be applied has meant that broader objectives are being missed. Public procurement of steel has the potential to deliver wider benefits and further action is needed to ensure that the full value offered by UK steel producers is taken into account when supplying steel into public projects.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government notes its existing review of public procurement rules and the Social Value Model. The points raised by the Committee on steel procurement, including supply chain transparency and updating guidance, are under active consideration by the Steel Procurement Taskforce.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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57. Since leaving the EU the Government has initiated a review of our public procurement rules with the aim of speeding up and simplifying our processes, placing value for money at their heart, and unleashing opportunities for innovation. In September 2020, we launched our Social Value Model which requires central government departments to expressly evaluate the environmental, social and economic benefits of qualifying procurements.
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