Consultation outcome

Reforms to public procurement

• From: Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service
• Published: 16 October 2014
• Last updated: 12 January 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment (SBEE) Bill Clause 38: regulations about procurement – Cabinet Office policy statement

PDF, 428 KB, 8 pages

Public Procurement illustrative regulations: Clause 38 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment (SBEE) Bill

PDF, 128 KB, 4 pages

Detail of outcome

Based on responses to the consultation, the government has produced a policy statement and illustrative, draft regulations for Clause 38 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.

Feedback received

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: Reforms to public procurement – analysis of responses to consultation

PDF, 346 KB, 7 pages

Detail of feedback received

This document summarises the results of the consultation, and shares the main points raised by stakeholders.

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Original consultation

Summary

The government is seeking views on how it can put public procurement measures in place in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.

This consultation ran from
9am on 16 October 2014 to 9am on 13 November 2014

Consultation description

The government is consulting on a new power in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill to help small businesses gain better access to public sector contract opportunities.

The intended enabling power would allow the government to introduce a range of measures to make procurement simpler and reduce barriers as the need arises. These measures would be introduced through secondary legislation at a future date and would impose duties on procuring authorities.

This consultation exercise is being launched by the government to get the views of buyers, suppliers and other stakeholders with a keen interest in procurement. This is to ensure that the regulations made under the power in the Bill help create a simple and consistent approach to procurement across the public sector, so that small businesses can gain better, more direct access to this market.

Documents

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill - Reforms to public procurement

PDF, 284 KB, 9 pages

Published 16 October 2014
Last updated 12 January 2015 + show all updates

1. 12 January 2015

   Added policy statement and illustrative regulations.

2. 12 January 2015

   Added an analysis of responses to the consultation.

3. 16 October 2014

   First published.