Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 1 July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Government's decision to award train manufacturing in the Thameslink contract, what assistance his Department provided to British-based manufacturers to ensure that bids relating to the contract relating to the building of trains in the UK were competitive.
The competition to supply trains and maintenance services for the Thameslink programme was designed and launched in 2008 by the previous Government and the procurement process followed strict EU procurement rules. The criteria set out in the original invitation to tender issued by the Department for Transport required all potential suppliers to be treated equally and in a non-discriminatory manner. Therefore no such assistance was provided.
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