Transparency - procurement data

Greater transparency is at the heart of the government's commitment to:

enable the public to hold politicians and public bodies to account
reduce the deficit and deliver better value for money in public spending
realise significant economic benefits by enabling the development of applications and websites using public data

Suppliers and those organisations looking to bid for public sector contracts should be aware that if they are awarded a new government contract, the resulting contract between the supplier and government will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to some contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing law and for the protection of national security.

To find out more about the Government's commitment to transparency, read the Prime Minister's letter to Cabinet colleagues dated 29 May 2010 (Opens new window).

In line with this commitment, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is committed to publishing the following information relating to procurement and contracts:

information on all new HMRC tender documents for contracts over £10,000 - this information is available on the Business Link website at Transparency in procurement and contracting (Opens new window)
all new items of HMRC spending over £25,000 - published monthly from April 2010 onwards.
details of HMRC Government Procurement Card (GPC) spending over £500 - published monthly, two months in arrears from April 2011 onwards
HMRC exceptions to the Government spending moratorium

To find more data published by HMRC and other public authorities visit data.gov.uk (Opens new window).