Compact Commission condemns DWP contracting culture

Third Sector Online, 6 November 2007

The Compact Commission has accused the Department for Work and Pensions of failing to offer a level playing field to charities that bid for contracts.

In its response to the DWP's consultation on its plans to achieve full employment, the Commission says charities' ability to play a role in creating jobs has been compromised by the speed of change to competitive tendering as well as "tensions between competitive commissioning approaches and Compact principles". The Commission...

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