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Navigating the Procurement Act 2023 together

Our experienced and enthusiastic procurement lawyers are delighted to welcome you to our new Procurement Portal. We hope to see you at one of our 5 in 25 webinars soon!

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Procurement Act 2023 now in force

The Procurement Act 2023 applies to all procurements that were commenced on or after 24 February 2025. 

Check out our 5 in 25 webinar on implementation to learn more and take a look at our Go Live Day blog. 

Materials on the PCR 2015

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (and their equivalent utilities, concessions and defence regulations) will continue to apply to all contracts whose procurement is commenced before 24 February 2025. You can find the materials from our previous procurement portal here.

Our Notices Flowchart Infographic ...

We are delighted to have been working in partnership with Tussell (the leading and trusted source of insight into UK government contracts) to produce a Notices Flowchart Infographic which helps you to visualise the range of notices required throughout the lifecycle of the contract from pipeline to termination. 

It's the perfect companion to our Notices Generator (and it looks cheerful on a wall).

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How can we help?

Whether you need to update your procurement documents for the new Act, or need to source practical training for your team, we can help.

We provide a comprehensive service covering all stages of the procurement lifecycle, including on:

  • Designing a Competitive Flexible Procedure
  • Drafting a Contract Change Notice
  • Advice on procurement strategy for a project
  • Guidance on how to bring or resolve a procurement challenge
  • Guidance on how to limit legal risk during the evaluation phase

We work for a diverse range of clients across a number of sectors – including government, health, education, technology, construction, projects, energy and third sector – for contracting authorities, utilities and suppliers alike. We provide real insight and expertise, drawing on our depth and breadth of experience to provide balanced procurement advice.

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If you are new to the Procurement Act 2023, a good place to start may be our briefing notes. 

You can download below:

our general briefing on the Act

a briefing on the new transparency regime 

a Phrasebook to help you learn the new terminology 

a guide to the light touch regime under the Act

Download our Procurement Act 2023 Briefing
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Light Touch services under the Act
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Latest on the Procurement Act 2023

By 26th May 2025, authorities with an anticipated spend on works, services and goods contracts of over £100 million per annum need to publish their first UK01 Pipeline Notices under the Act. 

These are notices of each contract valued at over £2m inclusive of VAT that the authority expects to enter into over the next 18 months. 

Government Commercial Function has published this leaflet as guidance on how to comply with the obligation. 

At present it appears that a separate UK01 Pipeline Notice needs to be  published for each individual contract. It looks like Find a Tender service will eventually have an option to display all contracts in a pipeline for a particular authority or geographical area, although this will not be available immediately. 

Latest webinars on the Procurement Act 2023

12 Feb 2025

Five in Twenty Five - The implementation of the Procurement Act 2023

The Act comes into force on 24 February 2025. We expect that all government guidance and templates will have been issued and that the central digital platform will have been made available for testing. Our speakers share their thoughts on the state of play at implementation as...

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11 Nov 2024

Five in Twenty Five - Works Contract Special

In this webinar, construction procurement experts Stuart Thompson and Dominic Taylor focus on the impact of the Act on works contracts.

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12 Sep 2024

Contract Management under the Act

In this webinar, Jenny Beresford-Jones, Claire Crawford and Adam Hulme looked at Contract Management under the Procurement Act 2023.

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07 Jul 2024

Contract Changes under the Procurement Act 2023

Jenny Beresford-Jones, Shailee Howard and Rona McPherson discussed contract changes under the Procurement Act 2023.

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14 Jun 2024

Challenges under the Procurement Act

In this webinar, Jenny Beresford-Jones, Claire Crawford and James Barry looked at procurement challenges under the Act

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02 May 2024

Procurement Act: frameworks and dynamic markets

In this webinar, Jenny Beresford-Jones, Shailee Howard and Rona McPherson looked at frameworks and dynamic markets under the Act.

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20 Mar 2024

The tender/evaluation stage under the Act

In this webinar, Jenny Beresford-Jones, Claire Crawford and Victoria Armitage looked at the tender/evaluation stage under the Act.

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17 Jan 2024

The selection stage under the Procurement Act 2023

In this webinar, Jenny Beresford-Jones and Shailee Howard looked at the selection stage and "conditions of participation" under the Act.

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05 Dec 2023

Routes to procurement under the Act

In this webinar, Jenny Beresford-Jones, Shailee Howard and Dominic Taylor looked at the impact of the Procurement Act 2023 on five different routes to procurement.

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We provide real insight and expertise, drawing on our depth and breadth of experience to provide balanced procurement advice. 

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