All Change In Public Procurement – Procurement Act 2023

On 24 February 2025, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (the "Act") will come into force for all procurements commenced on or after this date across the UK.

In this briefing we consider a few areas that contracting authorities and suppliers should be aware of as the go-live date of the new Act approaches.

Updates to Existing Procurement Documents

In the lead up to the go-live of the Act many organisations have been reviewing and updating their documents to make sure that these are consistent with the new regime, and in certain circumstances take advantage of the additional flexibilities.

Changes in order to reflect the new regime, include the following:

• Terminology (e.g. "tender notice" replaces "contract notice", "competitive flexible procedure" rather than "restricted", "competitive dialogue" or "competitive procedure with negotiation");