Social value procurement criteria to be rethought

Government is reportedly planning to scale back emphasis on achieving wider social value outcomes from public procurement under the direction of the new Minister for Government Efficiency, Jacob Rees-Mogg. The net effect may end up being a return to lowest price tendering, warns one lawyer.

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