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 proportion of her Department's contracts for projects overseas were competitively tendered in each of the last three years.

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

90% of contracts awarded during 2013-14, 86% of contracts awarded during 2014-15 and 94% of contracts awarded during 2015-16 were competitively tendered. During this time-frame there were a number of contracts which are not deemed as competitively tendered.

Any programmes not competitively tendered are subject to Procurement management review.

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