Public Sector: Procurement
2026-06-30 · Cabinet Office · 14943 · Official question
Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other departments on assessing the tax conduct of suppliers when awarding public contracts.
Answer
The Procurement Act 2023 sets out exclusion grounds to prevent suppliers who are guilty of tax evasion from bidding for public contracts. Under these provisions, public authorities must disregard bids from these suppliers where the circumstances giving ri...