§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if it is his Department's policy not to allow in-house bids when a service which has already been contracted out is retendered.
§ Mr. BoswellIt is the Department's general policy not to allow in-house bids when contracted out services are retendered. The Department would consider such a bid only when it could be made as part of a larger in-house bid, in a market test also covering services currently done in-house.