Let small firms bid for public work
Use fair bid rules and smaller jobs where they make sense. Test new ideas in open trials. Pay for results.
Our argument
Public buyers should give useful new firms a fair chance. Split work where that helps, test ideas openly and pay for results. A trial should not become a gift to one favoured firm.
What must change
Use fair bid rules and smaller jobs where they make sense. Test new ideas in open trials. Pay for results.
What a win looks like
More fair bids, prompt payment and better value for the public.
Public cost
We have not yet priced this ask for the public purse. Any public aid must be priced before we seek funds for it.
The evidence
This case is a proposal. We have not yet published a measured claim for it. The research we still need is set out below.
Studies and notes
No case study is published here yet. This is the next question to check.
What we need to check
Compare bid costs, payment delays, entry rules and results. Check when smaller contracts lower value or add risk.
Updates
— Case opened with our argument, our ask and the facts still to check.
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