Steel public procurement 2019
Information from government departments on how they have applied the steel procurement guidance and on UK government steel requirements over the next 10 years.
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Compliance with the steel procurement guidance
For the first time we are publishing information from departments and their arm鈥檚-length bodies on:
- how much steel they have procured over the last financial year
- how they have applied the steel public procurement guidance (PPN 11/16).
Departments have confirmed that, where applicable, they have fully complied with the guidance when procuring steel for their major projects.
Steel procurement pipeline
We are also publishing an update of the Steel procurement pipeline 2017, to show future steel requirements for national infrastructure projects.
The Steel Pipeline shows how the government plans to use over 3 million tonnes of steel, worth around 拢0.5 billion, over the next decade on infrastructure projects such as:
- High Speed 2 (HS2)
- the construction of Hinkley Point C
- the maintenance and upgrading of the UK鈥檚 motorway network
In December 2017, we published independent research that identified high value market opportunities for UK steel producers, worth up to 拢3.8 billion a year by 2030. We are encouraging the UK steel sector to invest in their capacity and capability to enable them to grasp these opportunities.