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<p>Wherever possible the Attorney General’s Office and the Law Officers Departments
(the Crown Prosecution Service, the Serious Fraud Office, The Government Legal Department
and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) let contracts over £10,000 using call-off
contracts from frameworks procured by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). These frameworks
include provision for payments to sub-contractors within 30 days of receipt of undisputed
invoice.</p><p>Central records are not held for procurements partially, or fully,
managed outside the procurement service. To confirm that these contracts include provisions
for prompt payment of sub-contractor invoices would require a manual check of all
procurement records, which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p>
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