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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 …

Procurement Review Unit’s (PRU) ambitions
20/05/2024
The Procurement Review Unit (PRU), launching in October 2024, aims to improve public procurement standards, oversee compliance, enhance services to su …

NHS England releases communication with patients waiting for care guidance
01/11/2023
Patient communication is key, particularly when a person is waiting for planned care or treatment. Simple steps like signposting interim support, flag …

Procurement Bill update and part 1 consultation
23/06/2023
The Cabinet Office have confirmed that they’re planning for an October 2024 commencement date for the Procurement Act, following a six month pre …

PPN 06/23: The Commercial Playbooks:
23/06/2023
PPN 06/23 replaces and consolidates all of the previous PPNs relating to Playbooks (PPN 02/22, PPN 03/21, PPN 09/20 and PPN 05/20) The Commercial Play …

PPN 05/23: Implementing new Free Trade Agreements Published
30/05/2023
This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) sets out changes to public procurement obligations which arise out of the UK’s new Free Trade Agreements (FTA …

NHS England Clinical Waste Strategy, revised HTM 07-01 and Waste Management Tool
30/03/2023
On 7th March 2023, NHS England published the NHS clinical waste strategy which sets out NHS England’s ambition to transform the management of cl …

Procurement Policy Note 01/22: contracts with suppliers from Russia and Belarus
01/04/2022
This Procurement Policy Note(PPN) advises how contracting authorities can further cut ties with companies backed by the states of Russia and Belarus.
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Net Zero and Social Value guidance
25/03/2022
The NHSEI Sustainability team have now published their Net Zero and Social Value guidance and they are running a series of fortnightly Social Value Dr …