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Cabinet Office: Bloom Procurement Services |
| Question ID: |
1786103 |
| UIN: |
HL5866 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4689 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Agnew of Oulton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Agnew of Oulton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to procurement notice Review on the State of Digital Government (2024/S 000-039897) published on 11 December 2024, why this contract was awarded via Bloom Procurement Services rather than through a direct Ca |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
The contract was awarded via Bloom Procurement Services as part of the government’s commitment to ensuring value for money and efficiency in procurement processes. Bloom operates as a neutral vendor, providing a pre-approved supplier network that enables ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |