Commissioning and competition
The public sector is increasingly involved in commissioning and procuring public services, rather than directly providing them. Effective procurement relies on strong competition. The government's procurement activities can also play an important role in shaping markets and supporting competition in the long term.
Purpose
The aim of work within this theme is to provide practical guidance to policymakers and commissioners of public services in local, central and devolved government on how to leverage competition to provide high quality public services at a reasonable price.
We also aim to clarify how competition law applies to government procurement processes.
Commissioning and competition
Work areas
Current work
Responding to Department of Health call for evidence on procurement, and working with the Government Procurement Service to create some competition law training modules.
Policy notes
Completed work
- Public bodies and competition law - a guide to the application of the Competition Act 1998 (Dec 2011)
- 'Schools suppliers provide assurances to OFT to ensure competition' (December 2011)
- Commissioning and competition in the public sector report (March 2011) (pdf 855kb
- Understanding commissioning behaviours: commissioning and competition in the public sector (March 2011) (pdf 1.94Mb)
- Assessing the impact of public sector procurement on competition - summary (September 2004) (pdf 420kb)
- Information note to procuring entities in the public and private sectors regarding the OFT's decision on bid rigging in the construction industry (September 2009) (pdf 70kb)
- More competition, less waste: Public procurement and competition in the municipal waste management sector (May 2006)
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