Government Departments: Bain and Company

(asked on 3rd July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they have given to the probity and quality of Bain & Company's consultancy work for the South African Revenue Service in regard to any work by that consultancy for government departments.


Answered by
Lord Young of Cookham Portrait
Lord Young of Cookham
This question was answered on 15th July 2019

The Government is aware of this situation and is monitoring it. Assessments on the probity and quality of work on individual UK Government contracts are undertaken on a department by department basis.

A UK Government department seeking bids for contracts covered by the Public Contracts Regulations would need to follow the rules on exclusions as defined within Regulation 57.

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