Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 113217

Public Sector: Contracts

Tabled: 12 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether, whether his Department considers the extent to which a bidder’s business is based in the United Kingdom, and the proportion of its workforce that is employed in the United Kingdom as factors in the eval

Answer

Chris Ward
Contracts awarded under the Procurement Act 2023 which are considered to be below threshold (where the total value of a contract for goods and services is less than £135,018 including VAT) can already be reserved to UK-based suppliers, or suppliers based ...

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