United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 185720
Ministry of Defence: Contracts
Introduced
30 October 2018
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8 November 2018 · Answer
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Answered
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Defence
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8 November 2018
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deductions from profit margins are permissible under MOD contracts; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there are no costs to the public purse from failed bids and other business related c
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30 October 2018
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deductions from profit margins are permissible under MOD contracts; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there are no costs to the public purse from failed bids and other business related c
Source: Commons
8 November 2018
Answer
When placing contracts through a competitive procurement process the Ministry of Defence (MOD) relies on competitive pressures to restrict profit margins to market rates. Such market pressure is absent in non-competitive contracting where the MOD relies i...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-10-30/185720
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/997742
- uk · wq-997742 · source updated 8 November 2018