Department for International Development: Procurement

(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the September 2018 Independent Commission for Aid performance review entitled Achieving value for money through procurement, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that small (a) firms and (b) NGOs are not discouraged from competing for DFID contracts by the supplier review.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 11th October 2018

The Supplier Review delivered a number of measures to make it easier for new and smaller businesses to win funding from DFID and ensure fair treatment of sub-contractors. Following consultations with small and medium sized enterprises and NGOs three tiers of reporting requirements for the Supply Partner Code of Conduct have been developed to ensure our processes do not create disproportionate burdens for smaller organisations and NGOs. We are now designing a large new funding framework with dedicated “lots” for smaller suppliers. Furthermore, we continue to hold regional Open for Business events, led by Ministers, across the country to help local businesses understand our processes and encourage them to compete for DFID business. This is all helping DFID to tackle potential barriers and makes it less onerous, costly and time consuming for smaller companies to compete for our contracts.

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