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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clause 65, which was added to the Bill in the other place, requires the Government to publish a timetable for the removal of Government surveillance equipment where there is…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)We intend to issue guidance separately to contracting authorities, setting out how to include spot checks on the payment performance of supply chain members through terms and…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Clause 50 requires contracting authorities to publish a contract award notice before entering into a public contract. The notice will publish details about the outcome of the…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)As the hon. Lady heard me say, the great new initiative in the Bill—open frameworks—means that we will not see companies being shut out for long periods of time, which is good. We…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Clause 51 covers the standstill period, which is a minimum eight-working-day pause following publication of the contract award notice before the contracting authority can enter…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)There are few rarer treats than hearing an Opposition Member quote Baroness Thatcher. I am sure the hon. Gentleman will have reflected on, and enjoyed, the fact that she also…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)This considerable group covers award under frameworks. Clause 45 sets out that a framework is a public contract designed for the future award of contracts to a supplier or…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady will have heard me say that we are mandating transparency like never before, and that all her concerns are already dealt with in the Bill. Question put and agreed…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Our approach in the Bill is clear: transparency is not optional. Clause 44 introduces a mandated requirement to publish a transparency notice when a direct award ground is going…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Sometimes, competitive tendering procedures do not go to plan. Clause 43 allows the contracting authority to switch from a competitive procedure to direct award where no suitable…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Amendment 108 seeks to include a sunset clause on the face of the Bill in relation to any regulations made under clause 42, plus a prohibition on multiple uses of this power. The…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Clause 41 permits a contracting authority to award a contract without first running a full competitive procedure when a justification in schedule 5 is met. The World Trade…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Conflict of interest in direct award contracts is clearly an extremely important topic. Amendment 103 would require a contracting authority to satisfy itself, before making a…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Efford, as we enter the third day in Committee. We are making good progress through the Bill, and we hope to make even…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Before I discuss Government amendment 50, I will take this opportunity to go back to the question that the hon. Member for Vauxhall asked me about timescales for exclusion.…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 50, in clause 66, page 45, line 30, at end insert— “(5A) The implied term does not prevent a contracting authority— (a) requiring the use of a particular…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their remarks. As I said, we think that the clause as drafted would be unworkable. On what the hon. Members for Vauxhall and for Aberdeen North said, we…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clause 69 requires contracting authorities to publish specified information about any payment of more than £30,000 made by the authority under a public contract. That information…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Amendment 110 would require Ministers to report to Parliament within six months of the Bill’s passage, detailing how effective the implied payment terms in clause 67 have been in…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 51, in clause 67, page 46, line 33, at end insert— “(za) ‘electronic invoice’ and ‘required electronic form’ have the meanings given in section 66(3);”…07 Feb 2023