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HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown and the hon. Member for Aberdeen North for their remarks. The amendments are important because so many people are having…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)While our response to amendments 30 and 31 is lukewarm, we think that they are important. We want all contracting authorities to consider value for money for the taxpayer when…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting that those lessons do not seem to have been learned. The hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex went on to say: “Public trust requires…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)The clause contains a small change, which could have significant ramifications, but it is one that we support. Moving from “most economically advantageous tender” to “most…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)This clause is an important one. Again, it relates to the competitive tendering process. Although the mechanisms of these procedures are an incredibly important element of the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)As the Minister said, the clause pertains to tender notices and all the associated documents. It is crucial to get this right. We cannot just expect measures to be in the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell. Clauses 23 and 24, as the Minister highlighted, relate to the award criteria and their refinement before the invitation…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 18, in clause 29, page 20, line 42, leave out “paragraph 14 of Schedule 7” and insert “paragraph 42A of Schedule 6”. This amendment is consequential on…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)The clause states that where a contract could be supplied to a supplier under a direct award, the contracting authority can mandate that a supplier that wins a competitive tender…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Clauses 26 to 28 concern the exclusion of suppliers on the grounds listed in schedules 6 and 7 related to mandatory and discretionary grounds for exclusion. We support the…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Amendments 18 and 15 to 19 relate to the discussions that we just had—on clauses 26 to 29 stand part—on exclusion and excludable grounds. Taken together, the amendments would move…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)As the Minister has highlighted, clause 30 concerns the exclusion of suppliers who behave improperly during the procurement process. It is important that we do not tolerate…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Clause 31 relates to the modification of a section 19 procurement prior to the deadline for submitting a request to participate in the procedure, where there has been no…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for his explanation of amendments 32 and 33. We support the use of supported employers and believe that they could go even further, as I will argue in…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)As the Minister has mentioned, clause 33 gives contract authorities the ability to reserve certain light-touch contracts for public service mutuals. I am pleased to discuss this…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)Clauses 34 to 40 relate to dynamic markets. Dynamic markets expand on the existing dynamic purchasing system scheme by allowing such markets to be used for all procurements. That…02 Feb 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I heard the Minister’s response, and I think, again, that it is disappointing that there is a total shift between what was introduced by the Government in the Green Paper and what…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Clause 6 and schedule 4 relate to the procurement of utilities, covering the scope of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016. Historically, the procurement of utilities as…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Does the Minister agree on the inconsistency that this will bring for procurement managers, especially when we are proposing this legislation to cut some of the red tape and…31 Jan 2023HANSARDProcurement Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I have a few points to raise regarding both schedules, so will take them in turn. Schedule 1 pertains to the threshold agreements that govern the levels above which many of the…31 Jan 2023