NAO - framework agreements don't achieve competition!

Public Procurement Report

The latest National Audit Office (NAO) report provides detailed recommendations for UK Government departments’ to maximise the benefits of effective competition when they run public procurement processes.

​The UK Government procured 72% of its large contracts through framework agreements in 2021-22 compared to 43% in 2018-19.

Although competition is an underlying principle of public procurement, (and widely acknowledged to be a key enabler of value for money) the NAO found that many UK Government departments routinely extended contracts rather than retendering them. 

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