Procurement Reform

Public Procurement is changing

The landscape and rules governing public procurement in Wales and the UK is changing. This is due to three new separate legislative requirements:

  • Procurement Act 2023
  • Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023
  • Health Service Procurement (Wales) Act 2024.

What is The Procurement Act 2023?

The Procurement Act 2023 is bringing significant changes to the regulations that govern UK procurement. The Act will make the UK's public procurement regime “quicker, simpler, more transparent, and better able to meet the UK's needs while remaining compliant with [its] international obligations."

What are the objectives of The Procurement Act 2023?

  • Delivering Value for Money
  • Maximising Public Benefit
  • Transparency
  • Acting with Integrity

When will this happen?

The Procurement Act, which will reform the existing procurement rules, is expected to ‘go live’ in February 2025. The existing legislation will apply until the new regime goes live and will also continue to apply to procurements started under the existing procurement rules.

What are the benefits?

Benefits include:

  • Simplified more Flexible Tender Process
  • Increased Visibility
  • Greater Market Engagement
  • Prompt Payments
  • Consistent Feedback Summaries and Debriefs
  • Meet organisational Needs.
  • National and Local Objectives
  • Deliver Value for Money

What do I need to do?

The UK Government has launched a series of Knowledge Drop videos to provide stakeholders, including suppliers, SMEs and VCSEs, with a high-level overview of the changes. 

The Knowledge Drops videos are tailored to different audiences, and include:

  • Suppliers: 45 minutes in total, broken down into 3 smaller sections.
  • VCSE and SME suppliers: 45 minutes in total, broken down into 3 smaller sections.

Please find link below:

The Official Transforming Public Procurement Knowledge Drops - GOV.UK

The following is a short guide for suppliers summarising the changes The Procurement Act will bring: 

The Procurement Act 2023: A short guide for suppliers (HTML) - GOV.UK

Future opportunities for additional training / workshops will be issued nearer to the go live date.