English: This is something of particular interest in ensuring that the money we spend through procurement in Wales has that social value, which is partly achieved through supporting the foundational economy and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises here in Wales. We have, over the course of this year, published a number of Wales procurement policy notes, which are there to support the procurement process. One in particular was regarding small and medium-sized enterprises and how to undertake SME-friendly procurement. That highlights and builds on the principles within the 'Opening Doors' charter for SME-friendly procurement, and it provided organisations with updated information and additional resources to support SMEs. It also reiterates the commitments and principles agreed between the Welsh public sector and SMEs to set a minimum level of good practice and encourage SME-friendly procurement. The second WPPN that I would highlight would be the guidance on reserving below-threshold procurements for Welsh public sector contracting authorities, which was published, again, this year. That encourages in-scope organisations to streamline and to simplify procurement in relation to contract spend on goods, services and works contracts with a value below the applicable thresholds. And again, that's there to try and ensure that small businesses in particular are able to compete for those contracts. But where there's more to do in this area, obviously we'd be keen to do so. I think that this is also going to be an important part of the work we're doing to identify and map out supply chain voids that we have here in Wales. Where we do find voids, if we can find small businesses that we're able to grow or adapt to meet those voids and become successful, then we'd want to do that.
Welsh: Mae hyn o ddiddordeb mawr o ran sicrhau bod gan yr arian a wariwn drwy gaffael yng Nghymru werth cymdeithasol, a chyflawnir hynny'n rhannol drwy gefnogi'r economi sylfaenol a chefnogi busnesau bach a chanolig eu maint yma yng Nghymru. Yn ystod y flwyddyn hon, rydym wedi cyhoeddi nifer o nodiadau polisi caffael Cymru, sydd yno i gefnogi'r broses gaffael. Roedd un yn benodol yn ymwneud â busnesau bach a chanolig eu maint a sut i sicrhau caffael sy'n ystyriol o fusnesau bach a chanolig. Mae hynny'n amlygu ac yn adeiladu ar yr egwyddorion yn y siarter 'Agor Drysau' ar gyfer caffael sy'n ystyriol o fusnesau bach a chanolig, a darparodd wybodaeth wedi'i diweddaru ac adnoddau ychwanegol i sefydliadau i gefnogi busnesau bach a chanolig. Mae hefyd yn ailadrodd yr ymrwymiadau a'r egwyddorion y cytunwyd arnynt rhwng sector cyhoeddus Cymru a busnesau bach a chanolig i bennu lefel ofynnol o arferion da ac annog caffael sy'n ystyriol o fusnesau bach a chanolig. Yr ail nodyn polisi caffael Cymru rwyf eisiau tynnu sylw ato yw'r canllawiau ar gadw caffaeliadau is na'r trothwy ar gyfer awdurdodau contractio sector cyhoeddus Cymru, ac fe gyhoeddwyd hwnnw eleni. Mae'n annog sefydliadau o fewn y cwmpas i symleiddio caffael mewn perthynas â gwariant contractau ar nwyddau, gwasanaethau a chontractau gwaith sydd â gwerth is na'r trothwyon perthnasol. Ac eto, mae hynny yno i geisio sicrhau bod busnesau bach yn arbennig yn gallu cystadlu am y contractau hynny. Ond lle mae mwy i'w wneud yn y maes hwn, byddem yn awyddus i wneud hynny wrth gwrs. Credaf y bydd hyn hefyd yn rhan bwysig o'r gwaith rydym yn ei wneud i nodi a mapio bylchau yn y gadwyn gyflenwi sydd gennym yma yng Nghymru. Pan welwn fylchau, os gallwn ddod o hyd i fusnesau bach y gallwn eu tyfu neu eu haddasu i lenwi'r bylchau hynny a dod yn llwyddiannus, byddem eisiau gwneud hynny.