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Procurement Act 2023: statutory objectives and duties across the covered procurement life cycle: value for money, equal treatment, targeted transparency/proportionality, SME barrier reduction, and the National Procurement Policy Statement

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STOP PRESS: As of 24 February 2025, the main provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) are in force.

Procurements starting on or after that day must proceed under PA 2023, while exercises commenced under the prior regimes—the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Regulations 2016, and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011—must continue to be run and administered in line with those rules. See also Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. The Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) takes effect on 24 February 2025 and governs all public procurements that begin on or after that date. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102, will remain the framework for procurements launched on or before 23 February 2025, together with the contracts that follow. For more detail on the transition, see Cabinet Office—Guidance: Transitional and Saving Arrangements. PA 2023, s 12 specifies the objectives applicable to a covered public procurement. Official government guidance on covered procurement has also been issued.

Covered procurements

A ‘covered procurement’ is described in PA 2023, s 1(1)(b) as: ‘the award, entry into and management of a public contract’ by a...

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Katherine Calder
Katherine Calder

Katherine is a Partner at DAC Beachcroft and heads the firm's Public Procurement Law team and chairs its Infrastructure & Projects group. Katherine has over 20 years’ experience of advising public bodies, utilities and the private sector on public procurement issues. Katherine has advised upon the procurement issues inherent within a wide variety of PPPs, PFIs, regeneration and outsourcing projects, across sectors and covering most aspects of local and national public infrastructure; from new homes, schools, energy facilities, roads to IT projects.Highlights over her career include numerous education, waste and housing PPPs/PFIs; the 2012 Olympic Games; the Thames Tideway Tunnel super-sewer; high profile defence agreements; the complex alliances and other significant partnerships for the National Highways, the Metropolitan Police, Thames Water, Transport for London, the Greater London Authority and many central government departments. She also advises private sector bidders on how to do their very best in...

Grace Tebbutt
Grace Tebbutt

Grace works in the Commercial Litigation team at DAC Beachcroft LLP. She has a broad commercial practice with particular specialist experience in complex contractual disputes, procurement litigation and civil fraud claims. Grace advises a wide range of clients including public bodies, corporates, financial institutions and high net-worth individuals. ...

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