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UK Outsourced Contractors Failing To Meet Standards, Research Reveals

M.Cby M.C
August 4, 2023
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UK Outsourced Contractors Failing To Meet Standards, Research Reveals

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According to analysis from Tax Payers’ Alliance, many government outsourced contracts have failed to deliver their targeted expectations.

The Chief Executive of Tax Payers’ Alliance, John O’Connell said, “ministers have taken their eyes off the ball when it comes to key contracts.”

“With the state increasing to an almost unprecedented size, government seems unable to focus on what really matters to taxpayers. Whitehall must ensure that it gets a grip on these contracts and brings key indicators back into line with expectations.”

John O’Connell, Chief Executive of Tax Payers’ Alliance.
John OConnel
John O’Connell, Chief Executive of Tax Payers’ Alliance.

To measure the performance of the contracts offered, “key performance indicators” have been created by Whitehall Officials. The indicators aid to determine if a particular project has been fulfilled properly or not, which could receive a grade of “Good,” “approaching target,” “requires improvement,” or “inadequate.”   

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Grave concerns have been raised over programs to aid asylum seekers and educate juvenile offenders, leading to a substantial increase in the volume of outsourced government activities, that have fallen short of expectations.

One of the major problems has to do with the proportion of contractors, whose work were graded “inadequate” or “requires improvement,” have increased from 119 to 207 in a year.

Not all, the quantity of contracts that has been labelled “inadequate” stood at 4.81% in the first three month of 2023, thus a major spike over the same time the previous year.  

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According to critics, this represents a 73% spike in failure, confirming their claims of failure of the ministers to provide outstanding public service.

This indicates that 6.5% of goals set for government contracts have not been met. On the contrary, service providers have attributed the shortfalls to outside causes.

Complaints lodged at the Ministry of Justice and Whitehall-wide explained that, Bidfood UK, a company designated to supply food to prisons, has fallen short of its duties, therefore “requires improvement.”

Additionally, there have been series of queries over education programs contracts, offered to organizations to cater for individuals housed in the three young offenders’ detention facilities. Extra complaints have been made over Home Office contracts, that were given to some organizations to assist asylum seekers.

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UK Home Office Department.

Furthermore, Serco Limited’s assigned duty to provide asylum accommodation and support services, has come under severe scrutiny. A similar assessment was made of the intense individualized job assistance program, which was created to assist impaired people in finding jobs.

However, a Serco spokesman down played the analysis claiming that, the volume of asylum seeker that they have been dealing with, requires time to meet the demands.

“The rating for our asylum accommodation contract relates to the speed of obtaining suitable accommodation in the community. Given we are accommodating record numbers of people, obtaining this accommodation is extremely challenging but we are working extremely hard to ensure as much of this accommodation is available as soon as possible.”

Spokesman, Serco Limited.

According to a spokesman for the Cabinet Office, the administration is dedicated to guaranteeing that, all contracts “deliver value for money for the taxpayers” and that “the vast majority of suppliers are performing well against their targets, with over 80% meeting or exceeding their performance targets.”

“The latest figures show the number of KPIs being met has increased by 5% in the last year and more than three-quarters (79%) of KPIs are now rated ‘good’. Where areas for improvement are identified, we work with suppliers to tackle issues quickly, so that people get the top quality public services that they deserve.”

Spokesperson, The Cabinet Office.
Angela Rayner the Labour Partys Deputy Leader. 2.0
Angela Rayner, the Labour Party’s Deputy Leader.

In the view of Angela Rayner, Labour Party’s Deputy leader, the conclusion of the research is “a damning indictment of the Tory mismanagement of public services” that has been “holding Britain back”.

“While the Tories are managing decline and wallowing in their own negligence, Labour’s national procurement plan will get tough on poor performance, strike off failed providers, and claw back taxpayers’ money.”

Angela Rayner, Deputy leader, Labour Party.

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