Action 10: Tendering Processes
Cabinet Office will offer leaner and more lightweight tendering processes, as close to the best practice in industry as our
regulatory requirements allow
Stakeholder(s):
- UK Cabinet Office: It will: * work with departments as part of its strategic supplier management function to maintain a forward looking pipeline
of digital work, updated quarterly. This will enable businesses to invest in capability and resources appropriately * use
the existing spend controls process to encourage better pre-market engagement, shaping specifications to take advantage where
appropriate of the market's latest offerings and innovations * encourage suppliers who are new to government to undertake
any bidder training needed to lower the effective barrier to entry for new vendors, as part of the existing commitment to
ensure 25% of departmental external spend is with small and medium sized enterprises
- Government Digital Service: Government Digital Service will continue to: * offer training and awareness-raising to departmental procurement leads in support
of new procurement arrangements
Indicator(s):
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