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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Amendments 51 and 52 are technical amendments. Amendment 51 clarifies that clauses 67 and 66 mean the same thing when they refer to “electronic invoice” and “required electronic…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I will take a deep breath. Clause 73 sets out when a contracting authority may modify a public contract or when a contract, as a result of a modification, will become a public…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Briefly, clause 67 will set the standard by which all contracting authorities will be expected to pay their suppliers. The clause will imply 30-day terms into public contracts.…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 53, in clause 68, page 47, line 18, at end insert “, or (d) in relation to a concession contract.” This amendment would exempt contracting authorities from…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Amendment 53 will exempt concession contracts, and payments made under them, from the scope of payments compliance notices. This minor technical amendment aligns with the scope of…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clause 70 has two main functions. First, it requires contracting authorities that have set key performance indicators in their public contracts under clause 52 to assess…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clause 71 covers subcontracting, which is an important part of the delivery of public contracts. It enables businesses to use specialist suppliers to increase their overall…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)To the hon. Lady’s first point, we all accept that, in exceptional circumstances, contracting authorities may have to move very quickly to procure essential goods, services and…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Clause 77 sets out that it is an implied term of public contracts that a contracting authority can terminate a contract if one of a number of termination grounds apply. These are…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I will try to contain my remarks to the next few minutes. Before I get to the specifics, I should for the sake of posterity record that, by working so hard today, hon. Members…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The revised threshold of £5 million seeks to ensure that a disproportionate administrative burden is not placed on contracting authorities and, as I have said, it reflects what we…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Clause 53 requires contracting authorities that enter into a public contract to publish a contract details notice. This is a significant extension of transparency, which will…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I am happy to play bingo with the hon. Gentleman any time. One particular game that we might play is to call “Bingo!” every time the Ukrainian digital platform is mentioned,…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 54, page 37, line 14, at end insert— “The contract— (a) being awarded is a utilities contract, or (b) is being awarded by a contracting…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Government amendments 34 to 36 are technical amendments to allow shorter time periods to be set by utilities and contracting authorities that are not classed as central Government…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Clause 55 requires contracting authorities, except private utilities, to publish a procurement termination notice as soon as reasonably practicable after making a decision to…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 37, in clause 56, page 38, line 24, at end insert— “(za) the standard adopts an internationally-recognised equivalent, or”. This amendment would allow…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The Committee will be delighted to hear that Government amendments 37 to 41 to clause 56, which concerns technical specifications, are very technical amendments. They will help to…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Amendment 8, tabled by the hon. Member for Battersea, with whom I had the pleasure of serving on the Work and Pensions Committee a few years ago, seeks to ensure that in…07 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady will have heard me say that the legal duty that exists within Equality Act 2010 goes further than the EU procurement rules that we are getting rid of. It goes…07 Feb 2023