MIKE HEDGES AM ASKS
FOR WELSH GOVERNMENT TO STRUCTURE PROCUREMENT SO THAT SMALL COMPANIES CAN WIN
CONTRACTS.
Speaking after the Questions to the Finance Minister,
Swansea East AM Mike Hedges AM said…. ‘The Welsh Government spends vast amounts
of public money and it is only right that small and medium companies can
compete for this business. I have had small firms in my constituency approach
me asking why the Welsh Government organises procurement in a way which means
they are unable to bid for the contract. The sad answer is often that it is
often easier to administer procurement procedures with big contracts than many
small ones. We should however open up all of the various procurement procedures
so that small and medium companies can compete – and as I stated in my question
– contribute to local and regional economies.’
Mike
Hedges AM - The size of contract decides who is able to bid for it. The
smaller the contract, the better the opportunity for smaller, local companies.
Bundling up contracts to make one large one only benefits the very large
companies. Will the Welsh Government support using smaller public sector
contracts to support local economies? And this idea that you have one health
budget—they purchase all the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
food from one place—excludes local firms. 10
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Rebecca
Evans - Again, this is another area
where I will be exploring to determine how we can best take forward this agenda
to benefit those SMEs we have right across Wales, to ensure, as I said in
response to previous questions, that they are able to maximise their take from
that important spend that we make and the investment that we make.
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