Developing Countries: Contracts

Department for International Development written question – answered at on 11 May 2016.

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Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Conservative, Charnwood

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria her Department uses to determine the award of contracts for projects overseas.

Photo of Desmond Swayne Desmond Swayne The Minister of State, Department for International Development

To determine the award of contracts, tenders are assessed against pre-defined and published evaluation criteria by an evaluation panel with relevant expertise. This assessment follows the EU Public Procurement principle of selecting the ‘most economically advantageous tender’. The evaluation has two main sections - technical evaluation and commercial evaluation.

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