| | The Professional
Contractors Group (PCG),
whose aim is to protect
and promote the
interests of the
freelance community in
the UK, has welcomed a
new internet portal for
public sector
procurement contracts,
officially launched by
the Department of Trade
and Industry this week.
PCG’s policy officer
John Kell said: “We have
been calling for easier | |
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| | access to public sector
contracts via a central
portal, and this is
welcome news indeed for
the UK’s freelance
consultants and
contractors. Small
consulting businesses
should be able to
compete on a level
playing field for public
sector work, and we hope
that it will become
compulsory for all
government contracts to
be published on this | |
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| | site, irrespective of
size.”
The new portal does
not remove the barriers
freelancers and small
businesses face
–excessive requirements
for funds and insurances
to be in place before a
tender can even be
submitted, and
unsuitable, inflexible
supply chains – but the
PCG says at least small
businesses can now see
what is available.
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“Government projects
have developed a
reputation for being
delivered late, over
budget and often to a
poor standard. Opening
them up to more
competitive tendering by
smaller, more flexible
contractors should help
improve delivery,” said
Kell.
The PCG said some of
its members who have
already registered for
the service report some | |
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| | anomalies in the
portal’s functionality,
such as matching
requirements to
services; the
organisation hopes that
these are simply
teething problems and
will be resolved
speedily.
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