Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, what the nature and purpose are of the activity approved for procurement in relation to (a) workplace facilities on 15 July 2022 and (b) workplace performance on 22 July 2022.

The work approved on 13 July refers to the Building Works and Projects, which will be used for the provision of building works to support a greater focus on Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) and Net Carbon Zero (NCZ) projects throughout the Government Property Agency (GPA)’s office estate in England. The term ‘taxi rank’ is used to refer to the manner in which small contracts are awarded which reflects a ‘next in line’ process.

The activity approved for procurement on 15 July is for the provision of hard and soft facilities management for the GPA Estate where needed. These procurements are to appoint suppliers from multiple lots, resulting in six regionally structured contracts for the provision of these services.

The activity approved for procurement on 22 July is for a company to provide a management service for our facilities management supply chain. This centralised performance management function will manage the flow of data and the performance of the supply chain on behalf of the GPA.