Purchasing Contracts (Hansard, 5 November 1979)

HC Deb 05 November 1979 vol 973 c36W 36W

§ Mr. Grylls
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the purchasing contracts issued by his Department in 1978–79 was by means of (a) selective tender, (b) open tender and (c) single tender.

§ Mr. Hayhoe
The information on contracts placed at headquarters level is as follows:

No. of Contracts per cent. Value Per cent.

(a) Selective Tender 16 24

(b) Single Tender 18 25

The Ministry of Defence does not use open tendering procedures. The remainder of the Ministry of Defence's business is placed with firms on the basis of negotiated contracts.

	No. of Contracts per cent.	Value Per cent.
(a) Selective Tender	16	24
(b) Single Tender	18	25