Election Manifestos and Procurement...
What do the 2015 Election Manifestos say about Procurement...
This is what the Parties say how they will change how procurement is conducted, as listed in their Manifestos:-
- Will set up a Small Business Administration that will ensure procurement contracts are accessible and regulations are designed with small firms in mind
- Use government procurement to promote the living wage, and
- In partnership with industry, put accountability, value for money, interoperability and sustainability at the centre of defence procurement.
- Will raise the target for SMEs’ share of central government procurement to one-third
- Strengthen the Prompt Payment Code and ensure that all major government suppliers sign up
- We will continue to seek value for money in defence procurement, recognising the important contribution that the UK defence industry makes to our prosperity
- Will use central government public procurement policy “as a tool of local growth”,
- Will open up public procurement to SMEs and the voluntary sector, and
- Develop feedback platforms.
UKIP
- Have promised the removal of the EU Procurement Directive as part of their exit from the EU and claim in reference to overseas aide programmes that any programmes will be offered to British companies first.
Plaid Cymru
- Will develop a Centre of Excellence for infrastructure procurement and delivery in Wales,
- Give back control of local housing procurement to Welsh local authorities, and
- Increase the procurement of Welsh produce in Wales through the Welsh contracts for Welsh companies scheme.
Green Party
- Has no specific reference to procurement in their manifestos.
SNP
- Has no specific reference to procurement in their manifestos.