The main provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) entered into force on 24 February 2025. New in-scope procurements must be carried out under PA 2023. Procurements started before PA 2023 came into force remain governed by the previous legislation (the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, SI 2015/102, the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, SI 2016/274, the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, SI 2016/273, and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011, SI 2011/1848).
This subtopic contains a range of resources focussing on some of the key considerations for contracting authorities conducting a public procurement exercise under PA 2023. For background reading, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023.
For practical guidance on public procurement under the previous legislation, see Practice Notes:
Introduction to public contracts procurement—pre PA 2023 [Archived]
Introduction to concession contracts procurement—pre-PA 2023 [Archived]
Introduction to utilities contracts procurement—pre-PA 2023 [Archived]
For background reading on the key differences between PA 2023 and the previous regime, see Checklist: Procurement Act 2023—key changes.
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