CCS told us that it had put an information notice out to say that it was starting to look at the replacement for supply chain finance but the decision had yet to be formalised internally—though it had gone to the CCS board. CCS agreed that its guidance to the board would be to come out of this particular marketplace, especially as the Department 20 Qq 120–123; C&AG’s Report, paras 2.27–2.28; HM Treasury, Managing Public Money, June 2021. Available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/managi...

CCS told us that it had put an information notice out to say that it was starting to look at the replacement for supply chain finance but the decision had yet to be formalised internally—though it had gone to the CCS board. CCS agreed that its guidance to the board would be to come out of this particular marketplace, especially as the Department 20 Qq 120–123; C&AG’s Report, paras 2.27–2.28; HM Treasury, Managing Public Money, June 2021. Available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-public-money 21 C&AG’s Report, para 29 22 Qq 88–89 23 Qq 91–94; C&AG’s Report, para 16 14 The pharmacy early payment and salary advance schemes in the Type: conclusion | Number: 23 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 3.2 Suppliers bidding for CCS contracts are subject to robust financial checks as part of each framework procurement. CCS teams also then regularly monitor risk to suppliers and 22 consider their resilience during the life of the contract, making use of med