Flaws in BBC News story - Knowing your PQQs

I was surpised to see BBC Northern Ireland present a flawed argument against public procurement today.  In a nutshell the PQQs, which I agree are frequently inappropiate and cumbersum, are being blamed for:

1. The loss of construction industry jobs, and
2. Adding to construction industry costs.

The public sector is spending vast sums of public money - there is no shortage of criticism, including on this blog, of how that money is sometimes badly spent.  However,