<p>UK’ Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Mr Lee Rowley MP, The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP and Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt’s The Steel Procurement Taskforce has presented the findings of its final report to the Steel Council and ministers, which explores how the steel sector in UKK can best position itself to compete for major public projects & recommendations include the development of new tech, improving data and promoting greater transparency. The Taskforce’s recommendations, outlined in their final report, aim to help industry to compete for major public projects by developing new technology, improving data, and promoting greater transparency. For instance, it found that enhancing data collection, including on the origin of steel, as well as developing a digital products library, could help optimize steel procurement and help industry to best position itself for success.</p><p>The Taskforce final report also recommends</p><p>1. Procurers engaging with the steel supply chain early in the buying process</p><p>2. Government setting a requirement for new contracts involving steel to report and record the origin of the steel</p><p>3. Government updating the steel Public Procurement Note to ensure it represents best practice</p><p>4. Highlighting for public buyers the relevant methodology and tools that should be used when purchasing significant amounts of steel</p><p>5. UK steel industry exploring the future development of a ‘steel standard</p><p>6. Industry and government assessing the potential to use UK norms where harmonized standards do not exist when publishing the specification of steel required in public projects</p><p>The government and the sector will consider the Taskforce’s recommendations over the coming months.</p><p>The report was discussed at the meeting of the UK Steel Council, which brings together government and representatives from the UK’s 6 major steel companies, trade unions and the devolved administrations, to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future. Attendees included</p><p>Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng</p><p>Lee Rowley, Industry Minister</p><p>Simon Hart, Secretary of State for Wales</p><p>Gareth Stace, Director General UK Steel</p><p>Richard Warren, Head of Policy and External Affairs, UK Steel</p><p>Sandip Biswas, Chairman Tata Steel UK Ltd & Executive Director and CFO Tata Steel Europe</p><p>Bobbie Davies, Head of Public Affairs, Tata Steel</p><p>Allan Bell – Chief Commercial and Procurement Officer, British Steel</p><p>Richard Bell – Deputy Chief Marketing Officer, British Steel</p><p>Lisa Coulson – Head of Marketing British Steel</p><p>Chris Hagg – Commercial Director, Celsa Steel</p><p>Carles Rovira, CEO, Celsa</p><p>Roy Chowdhury, CEO, GFG Alliance UK,</p><p>Peter Hogg, COO, Liberty Steel</p><p>David Bond, CEO Sheffield Forgemasters</p><p>David Scaife, Director, Outokumpu</p><p>Roy Rickhuss, Community Union</p><p>Harish Patel, Unite Union</p><p>Ross Murdoch, GMB Union</p><p>Ivan McKee, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, Scottish Government</p><p>Julie James, Minister for Climate Change, Welsh Government</p><p>Chris McDonald, CEO, Materials Processing Institute</p>
<p>UK’ Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Mr Lee Rowley MP, The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, The Rt Hon Simon Hart MP and Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Kt’s The Steel Procurement Taskforce has presented the findings of its final report to the Steel Council and ministers, which explores how the steel sector in UKK can best position itself to compete for major public projects & recommendations include the development of new tech, improving data and promoting greater transparency. The Taskforce’s recommendations, outlined in their final report, aim to help industry to compete for major public projects by developing new technology, improving data, and promoting greater transparency. For instance, it found that enhancing data collection, including on the origin of steel, as well as developing a digital products library, could help optimize steel procurement and help industry to best position itself for success.</p><p>The Taskforce final report also recommends</p><p>1. Procurers engaging with the steel supply chain early in the buying process</p><p>2. Government setting a requirement for new contracts involving steel to report and record the origin of the steel</p><p>3. Government updating the steel Public Procurement Note to ensure it represents best practice</p><p>4. Highlighting for public buyers the relevant methodology and tools that should be used when purchasing significant amounts of steel</p><p>5. UK steel industry exploring the future development of a ‘steel standard</p><p>6. Industry and government assessing the potential to use UK norms where harmonized standards do not exist when publishing the specification of steel required in public projects</p><p>The government and the sector will consider the Taskforce’s recommendations over the coming months.</p><p>The report was discussed at the meeting of the UK Steel Council, which brings together government and representatives from the UK’s 6 major steel companies, trade unions and the devolved administrations, to support the sector’s transition to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future. Attendees included</p><p>Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng</p><p>Lee Rowley, Industry Minister</p><p>Simon Hart, Secretary of State for Wales</p><p>Gareth Stace, Director General UK Steel</p><p>Richard Warren, Head of Policy and External Affairs, UK Steel</p><p>Sandip Biswas, Chairman Tata Steel UK Ltd & Executive Director and CFO Tata Steel Europe</p><p>Bobbie Davies, Head of Public Affairs, Tata Steel</p><p>Allan Bell – Chief Commercial and Procurement Officer, British Steel</p><p>Richard Bell – Deputy Chief Marketing Officer, British Steel</p><p>Lisa Coulson – Head of Marketing British Steel</p><p>Chris Hagg – Commercial Director, Celsa Steel</p><p>Carles Rovira, CEO, Celsa</p><p>Roy Chowdhury, CEO, GFG Alliance UK,</p><p>Peter Hogg, COO, Liberty Steel</p><p>David Bond, CEO Sheffield Forgemasters</p><p>David Scaife, Director, Outokumpu</p><p>Roy Rickhuss, Community Union</p><p>Harish Patel, Unite Union</p><p>Ross Murdoch, GMB Union</p><p>Ivan McKee, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, Scottish Government</p><p>Julie James, Minister for Climate Change, Welsh Government</p><p>Chris McDonald, CEO, Materials Processing Institute</p>
