Chris Grayling commits government to making public 'further details' of Work Programme contracts when they have been signed

Submitted by amielouisewilliams on Tue, 31/05/2011 - 9:28am

In a written Parliamentary Answer (Citation: HC Deb, 18 May 2011, c196W), Employment Minister, Chris Grayling, has committed the government to the 'transparency agenda' for Work Programme contracts.

Details on Work Programme contracts will be available on the Contracts Finder website - a free new service on Business Link to find opportunities to supply goods and services to government - once they have been signed.

Contracts Finder is part of a series of government measures aimed at making it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and third sector organisations to find and apply for public sector contracts. It will become the main source of government opportunities worth more than £10,000.

Documents published on Contracts Finder relate to both live and closed opportunities with government departments and agencies:

  • Live opportunities are still open for businesses to bid for.
  • Closed ones are no longer open for bidding because the procurement process has moved on to the next stage. 

For further information visit the Contracts Finder.

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Submitted by amielouisewilliams on Thu, 02/06/2011 - 2:32pm.

More information from DWP on Work Programme contracts released today:

At this stage not all the contracts for Work Programme provision have been awarded.  Once the contracts have been signed they will be published on Contract Finder, which will include details of the provision for our customers and the geographical distribution of contractors. You will be able to access these documents through the following website once all the contracts have been awarded:
 
http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&lang=en&NoticeId=1161