Source · Select Committees · Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 13
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Increase long-term public contract opportunities; update procurement strategy with comply-or-explain for UK products.
Recommendation
To ensure that there is sufficient long term demand signalling, we recommend that Government Departments increase the proportion of public contract opportunities in their pipeline that are five to ten years out. . We also recommend that the Government update its public procurement strategy to include a comply-or-explain process for declaring why products are not procured from the UK. (Recommendation, Paragraph 72) 72 Government support for crowding-in investment
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 12 September 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗