Small businesses can make a huge contribution to public and private sector procurement offering innovative solutions and adaptability, greater value for money and also delivering real social value by often being routed within their local community.
This report looks at how both MOD and primes can improve their relationship with SMEs, highlighting some of the good work carried out already, and that none of the issues raised are insurmountable. We also make the case that although we still expect the majority of MOD spend with SMEs to be indirect, there are multiple benefits for SMEs and MOD to have a direct relationship.
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