CHAMBER NEWS Public sector contracts probed in QES
The extent to which smaller firms are able to access public sector contracts is being probed in the first Chamber Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) of the year. It is hoped the results will build a
picture of how widely the benefits of public procurement projects are spread across the region and to what tier level and what opportunities exist for smaller firms.
Questions added to the QES for
Quarter 1 ask what percentage of turnover comes from the public sector, whether involvement is at international, national or local level and whether in the past two years companies have experienced any significant changes. They also ask if firms think
procurement practices could be improved for public sector contracts and, if so, how. Chris Hobson, the Chamber’s
Director of Policy, said: “We know hundreds of smaller firms across the region provide goods and services to larger companies delivering regional, national and international public sector contracts. “What we want to do is build up a more accurate picture of exactly
how the delivery is broken down, how many firms and how many of the regional workforce are involved and whether it has changed for the better or worse in the past two years. “We want to ascertain what level
of each pound generated in the East Midlands stays in the East Midlands, all part of our ongoing support for ‘thriving communities’ initiatives which evolve from the principal that if the community flourishes then so can the businesses in it. “There are going to be significant public sector opportunities arising from regional projects, such as HS2 and the regeneration it will deliver at Toton and Chesterfield. The Chamber has been actively involved in making sure as many firms as possible are aware of these opportunities and are ready to take advantage of them.” Examples of some of the opportunities that sit outside the expected larger civil engineering, railway systems and rolling stock elements of the project include landscaping, tree surgery, pest control, wildlife habitat and woodland relocation.
QES… your chance to influence the business landscape
QES Q1 remains open until Friday 11 March and takes just five minutes to complete. The results, alongside those from other Chambers, form part of the largest survey of its kind in the UK and is recognised as a key economic indicator by the Government, the Bank of England and independent economists. Its results allow the Chamber to
accurately represent an up-to-date view of current operating conditions and business confidence across the three counties in our engagement work with local, regional and national decision makers.
To complete the survey, go to
bit.ly/EMCQES1 Others include telecoms, site
offices and compound works, site security, signage, CCTV, traffic surveys and management, ground
investigation, drone surveys, labour and staff wellbeing, plant hire, aggregates, ducts and pipework, specialist photography and more.
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