Question reference: S6W-25477
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23936 by Fiona Hyslop on 10 January 2024, notwithstanding that it has not yet made a decision on the procurement route, whether it has conducted any assessment of the estimated cost difference between the direct award of a contract and a competitive tendering process; when it expects the decision to be made on the procurement route, and when it expects to update the Parliament on the decision.
Answer
Ministers are carefully considering the outline business case for the Small Vessel Replacement Programme, which includes the procurement route and a full financial assessment of the programme.
This is an important, complex issue and an update will be provided to Parliament once a decision on investment has been taken. This is expected shortly.