Queen’s Speech 2022: delayed procurement bill welcomed by industry

By Carl Brown2022-05-10T14:58:00

Long-awaited and ‘overdue’ bill will seek to create a more simple and transparent system post-Brexit

The government has confirmed plans to bring forward long-awaited legislation to overhaul public procurement.

The Queen’s Speech this afternoon outlined a new Procurement Bill to “create a simple and more transparent system”. The bill sets out a new framework for procurement which at £300bn accounts for around a third of public expenditure each year, according to the government.

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