Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

(asked on 31st March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2022 to Question UIN 120782, for what reason it is commercially sensitive to describe the category of supplier listed in his Department's spreadsheet Product_VIP_Atamis and the meaning of the designation VIP in that spreadsheet.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 25th April 2022

The information requested is commercially sensitive as the Department is currently involved in mediation with a number of companies where there are confidentiality undertakings. This protects the commercial interests of the Department and suppliers during this process to ensure we can obtain value for money.

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