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Procurement Act: PPN 021: Payment Spot Checks in Public Sub-Contracts
24/04/2025
This PPN sets out how contracting authorities can spot check their public contract supply chains to ensure suppliers meet the payment terms in the Pro …
Procurement Act: PPN 020: Guidance on data protection legislation
24/04/2025
This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) covers data protection requirements under UK GDPR, and the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) governin …
Procurement Act: PPN 019: Requirements to publish on Contracts Finder
11/03/2025
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCRs) require in-scope organisations to publish public sector procurement opportunities in a single location&md …
Procurement Act 2023 PPNs
18/02/2025
The Government have published a number of Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs) in relation to the 2023 Procurement Act.The PPNs below apply to procu …
Threshold change for Cabinet Office commercial spend controls
18/08/2024
NHS England have advised that the threshold for reporting commercial activity to the Cabinet Office has been increased from £10 million to &poun …
Procurement Act Tools & Templates
26/07/2024
We have been advised that DHSC Commercial Policy Team and NHS England Commercial team will be producing a full suite of documents, guides and template …
Procurement Act 2023 – Further Official Guidance
18/04/2024
On the 12th April, the government published further official guidance on the procurement Act 2023 which includes:• National Procurement Policy …
PPN 10/23: Taking account of a bidder’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contracts -
26/11/2023
This PPN sets out how payment approaches can be taken into account in the procurement of major government contracts. It replaces PPN 08/21 from 1 Apri …
The Procurement Bill 2023 receives Royal Assent:
26/10/2023
On October 26th 2023 the Procurement Bill received Royal Assent, which was the final stage of the process. This means that the bill is now an Act of P …
The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 laid before Parliament:
19/10/2023
On October 19th 2023 the PSR was laid before parliament with the intention that the Regulations will come into force on 1 January 2024. NHS England ha …