§ Mr. Kirbyasked the Secretary of State for War (1) how his Department secures tenders for building constructional work in Liverpool and district; whether by private invitation to tender, by public advertisement, or by what other method;
(2) whether he proposes to provide in the Liverpool district any hutment camps or other buildings for military purposes; and will he advertise locally for tenders or in some other way give local firms the opportunity of tendering to do such work?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaTenders will shortly be issued for a number of small hutted camps in the Liverpool area. In accordance with normal practice, the firms will be selected from those noted on the Department's list of tenderers for work in the area concerned of the value and nature involved in the proposed contracts. Some 100 firms in all will be invited to tender for these contracts, and about half of that number will be local firms. It is not proposed to advertise for tenders or otherwise to depart from the Department's normal procedure.