Steel public procurement 2023
How government departments have applied the steel procurement guidance and the UK government steel requirements for the next 10 years.
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This content sets out the government’s compliance with the steel procurement guidance and shows how the government plans to use steel in infrastructure projects over the next decade.
Compliance with the steel procurement guidance
The information from government departments and their arm’s-length bodies covers:
- how much they have procured over the 2021 to 2022 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.
Procurement pipeline 2023
The steel pipeline shows how the government plans to use more than 8.1 million tonnes of steel over the next decade on infrastructure projects such as:
- High Speed 2 (HS2)
- the maintenance and upgrading of the UK’s motorway network
- the construction of schools and hospitals