Transforming Public Procurement

Peter Campbell Updated by Peter Campbell

The Procurement Act 2023 represents the biggest change to procurement law in the UK in a generation.

The act received Royal Assent in October 2023 and was originally expected to go live on 28th October 2024. 

It came into effect on 24th February 2025.

The Procurement Act – Why? 

"To embed transparency by default throughout the procurement lifecycle and simplify our existing fragmented systems by creating a single digital platform for public procurement"

In an aim to simplify the procurement system, the current four* sets of legislation will be merged into a single framework – Transforming Public Procurement – Procurement Act 2023.

*The Public Contracts Regulations 2015; The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016; The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016; The Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011

The Act will enable a more seamless process for procurement professionals in the public sector to engage with suppliers.

This will provide a legislative code that is simpler and more accessible and means that far more information on public authority procurement will be put into the public domain.  Authorities are required to publish detailed supplier information at all stages of the procurement and contract management process.  

Data will be publicly available on a government central digital platform.  

The Act aims to speed up, simplify, modernise, deliver value for money and create greater opportunities for SMEs.

What does it include? 

Each ‘stage’ of procurement will have its own applicable notice(s).

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