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<p>Details of government contracts are published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder"
target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a> above £10,000, for the core Department, and above
£25,000, for the wider public sector. As Contracts Finder was implemented from 2016,
not all records before this time are held centrally.</p><p>The Department’s commercial
pipeline is also publicly available on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport/about/procurement#dcms-commercial-pipeline"
target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>The management of contracts held by the Department
is devolved to individual Business Units and undertaken by identified Contract Managers
within policy or operational teams, with the responsibility for monitoring contract
performance resting with the Senior Responsible Officer. The contract management role
is typically undertaken by policy or operational staff as part of their existing roles
and therefore costs are not distinguishable. Specialist commercial oversight, training
and support is provided by the DCMS Commercial function where necessary and as applicable,
depending on the level of risk, complexity and value.</p>
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