Pre-procurement considerations

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This subtopic contains a range of resources focussing on some of the key pre-procurement considerations from the viewpoint of suppliers to public authorities, with particular focus on public procurement under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102.

This practical guidance relates to the pre-Procurement Act 2023 regime

This subtopic contains a range of resources for suppliers to contracting authorities conducting a public procurement exercise commenced before the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) came into force on 24 February 2025. In-scope procurements begun on or after this date are governed by PA 2023. Under the transitional and savings provisions for PA 2023, the previous regimes continue to apply to the extent necessary to allow procurements commenced before PA 2023 came into force (ie ongoing procurements) to be completed and managed.

This subtopic contains a range of resources for reference by suppliers to contracting authorities before embarking on a public procurement exercise, with particular focus on public procurement procedures under PCR 2015. Since new in-scope procurements are now subject to PA 2023, these resources are of mainly historic relevance (for reference in pre-

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