Steve McCabe – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2016 to Question 45594, on public sector: procurement, where the Crown Commercial Service analysis can be found that is referred to in that Answer.
Ben Gummer
The Crown Commercial Service analysis referred to was undertaken internally to facilitate answering the Hon Member’s previous question. The key data is reproduced below.
UK Tenders on Tenders Electronic Daily (Official journal of the EU) and Contracts Finder
|
MONTH |
TED |
CONTRACTS FINDER |
|
January 2016 |
812 |
2,577 |
|
February 2016 |
760 |
3,080 |
|
March 2016 |
987 |
3,256 |
|
April 2016 |
958 |
2,865 |
|
May 2016 |
881 |
2,960 |
|
June 2016 |
907 |
931 |
|
July 2016 |
1,033 |
2,853 |
|
August 2016 |
1,027 |
3,570 |
This clearly illustrates both the deferment in “Contract Finder” tenders during the EU referendum purdah period, and the lack of any significant change in the number of “Tenders Electronic Daily” opportunities.
