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Given the many challenges raised by the Covid pandemic, the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on public procurement will not have been high on many people’s agenda. However, as our exit approaches, minds are rapidly turning in that direction. Some welcome clarity is this week emerging on the shape of public procurement in the UK once the “transition period” has expired and the UK has fully left the EU.

The Cabinet Office has recently published a new PPN, PPN 07/20, around taking in account bidder performance in payment the supplier chain. Scope and application The PPN covers major central government contracts with a value of £5 million plus yearly (excluding VAT). It applies to frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems to the extent that authorities expect to call off in-scope contracts from them.

New Guidance on how PPN 02/20 on Supplier Relief applies in the context of NHS contracts.

We are delighted that our relaunched Health Procurement Portal is now live! A suite of over 90 curated and maintained procurement documents, guidance notes and tools, we believe it will be of interest to all NHS Bodies, whether commissioners or providers.

The Cabinet Office has published a new PPN on immediate action for ALL contracting authorities to take to support supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic.

As part of responses to the current pandemic, authorities may need to urgently procure goods, services and works which in more ordinary times would require a competitive procurement process to be run.

On Exit Day, it is business as usual for public procurement.