Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents - Define phase
These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.
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- Cabinet Office
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- 24 May 2024
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Guidance: Valuation of Contracts (PDF)
PDF, 453 KB, 6 pages
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Guidance: Thresholds (PDF)
PDF, 435 KB, 7 pages
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Guidance: Mixed Procurement (PDF)
PDF, 655 KB, 10 pages
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Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice (PDF)
PDF, 450 KB, 7 pages
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Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement (PDF)
PDF, 448 KB, 10 pages
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Guidance: Technical Specifications (PDF)
PDF, 479 KB, 10 pages
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Guidance: Direct Award (PDF)
PDF, 500 KB, 15 pages
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Guidance: Competitive Tendering Procedures (PDF)
PDF, 1.03 MB, 26 pages
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Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts (PDF)
PDF, 369 KB, 11 pages
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Guidance: Frameworks (PDF)
PDF, 527528 KB, 18 pages
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Guidance: Dynamic Markets (PDF)
PDF, 480461 KB, 9 pages
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Guidance: Lots (PDF)
PDF, 423 KB, 6 pages
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Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers (PDF)
PDF, 458 KB, 7 pages
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Guidance: Conflicts of Interest (PDF)
PDF, 475 KB, 9 pages
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These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.
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Updated the documents: Dynamic Markets: 'updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.' Frameworks: 'updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.'
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Added the documents: Guidance: Lots Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers Guidance: Conflicts of Interest
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Added the documents: Guidance: Frameworks Guidance: Dynamic Markets
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Added the document: Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts
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Added the documents: - Direct Award - Competitive Tendering Procedures
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Update history
2025-10-10 09:16
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Mixed Procurement
2025-10-10 09:10
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Thresholds
2025-10-09 12:48
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Valuation of Contracts
2025-07-29 15:33
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement
2025-01-14 12:24
Guidance: Valuation of Contracts – edits to paragraphs 6-9
2025-01-13 15:32
Slight formatting tweaks to Guidance: Valuation of Contracts
2024-12-03 10:54
Updated the documents:Dynamic Markets: ‘updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.’Frameworks: ‘updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.’
2024-07-19 11:25
Added the documents:Guidance: LotsGuidance: Treaty State SuppliersGuidance: Conflicts of Interest
2024-07-09 09:33
Added the documents:Guidance: Frameworks Guidance: Dynamic Markets
2024-07-08 16:45
Added the document: Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts
2024-07-02 10:17
Added the documents:Direct AwardCompetitive Tendering Procedures
2024-05-24 15:08
First published.