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Procurement policy notes

This collection brings together all procurement policy notes, providing guidance on best practice for public sector procurement.

From:
Cabinet Office, Efficiency and Reform Group and Crown Commercial Service
Published
8 August 2013
Last updated
4 April 2024 — See all updates

Guidance on best practice for procurement for public sector organisations, together with supporting documentation.

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Out of date procurement policy notes

Updates to this page

Published 8 August 2013
Last updated 4 April 2024 + show all updates

  1. Moved a page to the out of date section: Procurement Policy Note 08/21 - Taking account of a bidder's approach to payment in the procurement of major government contracts

  2. Moved PPN 03/23: Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) to the out of date section. Added a link to the pages: PPN 02/24 Improving Transparency of AI use in Procurement PPN 03/24: Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ)

  3. Added a link to the page: PPN 01/24 Carbon Reduction Contract Schedule

  4. Added a link to the page: PPN 11/23: New Thresholds

  5. Added a link to the page: PPN 10/23: Taking account of a bidder’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contracts

  6. Added a link to the page: PPN 09/23: Updates to the Cyber Essentials Scheme

  7. Added a link to the page: PPN 08/23: Using Standard Contacts

  8. Moved the following Procurement Policy Note pages to the'out of date section': 1. Procurement Policy Note 14/15: supporting apprenticeships and skills through public procurement 2. Procurement Policy Note 07/14: implementing Energy Efficiency Directive article 6 3. Procurement Policy Note 05/14: staff transfers and pensions 4. Procurement policy note 02/14: extending Mystery Shopper 5. Procurement policy note 01/14: sharing information within government 6. Procurement policy note 02/13: supplier financial risk issues

  9. Moved PPN 09/13 to the out of date PPN collection as it has now been replaced with PPN 07/23.

  10. Added a link to the page: PPN 07/23: Security Classifications Policy

  11. #Added a link to the page: PPN 06/23 The Commercial Playbooks

  12. Added a link under the 2023 section: PPN 05/23: Implementing new Free Trade Agreements

  13. Moved Procurement Policy Note 09/16: Procuring for Growth Balanced Scorecard to the out of date section.

  14. Added a link to the page: PPN 04/23: Procuring Steel in Government Contracts Also moved the page: Procurement policy note 11/16: procuring steel in major projects - revised guidance to the out of date section

  15. Added PPN 03/23 - Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) which replaces PPN 08/16. PPN 08/16 moved to under subheading 'Out of date procurement policy notes'

  16. Moved PPN 05/19 to the out of date section and added PPN 02/23 to the live section under 2023.

  17. Moved the following pages to the out of date category: 04/11 05/11, N/A, 04/11, 05/11, 06/11, 08/11, 10/11, 11/11, 02/12, 03/12, 04/12, 05/12, & 06/12, 08/12, 03/13, N/A, 05/13, 07/13, 08/13, 10/13, 04/14, 06/14, 06/15, 07/15, 10/15, 15/15, 17/15, 18/15, 04/16, 10/16, 04/17, 03/18, 01/19, 02/19, 06/19, 01/20, 02/20, 03/20, 04/20, 07/20

  18. Added section for 2023 and a link to the guidance: PPN 01/23: Requirements to publish on Contracts Finder

  19. Added a link in the 2022 group for the page: PPN 03/22 – Updated guidance on data protection legislation

  20. Moved link to Procurement Policy Note 02/18: Changes to Data Protection Legislation & General Data Protection Regulation page to the Out of date procurement policy notes section.

  21. Added under 2022: Procurement Policy Note 02/22 – The Consultancy Playbook v1.1

  22. Added Procurement Policy Note 01/22: contracts with suppliers from Russia and Belarus.

  23. Added PPN.

  24. Addition of 'Procurement Policy Note 06/21: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts'.

  25. Addition of 'Procurement Policy Note 05/21: National Procurement Policy Statement'.

  26. Addition of 'Procurement Policy Note 04/21: Applying Exclusions in Public Procurement, Managing Conflicts of Interest and Whistleblowing'.

  27. Addition of 'Procurement Policy Note 03/21: The Sourcing and Consultancy Playbooks'.

  28. Updated to include 'Procurement Policy Note 02/21: The WTO GPA and the UK-EU TCA'.

  29. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 01/21: Procurement in an Emergency.

  30. Addition of link to Procurement Policy Note 09/20: The Construction Playbook.

  31. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 08/20 - Introduction of Find a Tender.

  32. Addition of PPN 06/20.

  33. Adding: Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19.

  34. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 03/20: Use of procurement cards - coronavirus.

  35. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 01/20: Responding to COVID-19.

  36. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 06/19: New Thresholds 2020.

  37. Added new PPN to collection

  38. Procurement Policy Note 03/19: The Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations page added

  39. New note added to collection for 2019

  40. A section for documents for 2019 was added

  41. Updated to include Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 0418

  42. Added PPN 03/18

  43. New PPN added replacing 03/17

  44. New PPN added to 2018 collection

  45. new PPN added - threshold levels 2018

  46. New PPN 03/17 added to 2017 list

  47. 02/17 update on previous transparency PPN added

  48. moved PPN 13/15 to out of date collection

  49. new collection group '2017' added

  50. New PPN 01/17 added and new group '2017' created

  51. Added 'PPN 13/15' to out of date procurement policy notes

  52. Added procurement policy note 11/16: procuring steel in major projects - revised guidance and moved 16/15 to out of date content as it has been replaced by this new note.

  53. Added procurement policy note 10/16: onerous practices in procurement and contracting.

  54. Added Procurement Policy Note 09/16: Procuring for Growth Balanced Scorecard

  55. Added 07/16 procurement policy note.

  56. Added PPN note 05/16.

  57. Added note 03/16

  58. Added PPN 02/16

  59. Edited collection documents to include PPN18/15

  60. Added note on complying with international obligations.

  61. Added PPN 18/15

  62. Added procurement policy note 17/15 on standard EU forms and notices

  63. Updated with procurement policy note 16/15 procuring steel in a major project

  64. Added Procurement Policy Note 15/15: statistics on utilities procurement contracts awarded in 2013 and 2014

  65. Added PPN 14/15 on supporting apprenticeships and skills through public procurement

  66. Added policy procurement note 13/15 on transparency of contract information

  67. Added latest procurement policy note 12/15: availability of procurement procedures (decision tree)

  68. PPN 11/15 added

  69. Added PPN 10/15: annual statistical returns on public procurement contracts awarded in 2013 and 2014.

  70. Added new PPN: assisting with procurement investigations

  71. PPNs 05/15, 06/15, 07/15, 08/15 added.

  72. Added latest procurement policy note 04/15: taking account of suppliers’ past performance

  73. Added Policy Procurement Note 03/15 on reforms to make public procurement more accessible to SMEs.

  74. Added Procurement Policy Note 02/15 on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

  75. Added Procurement Policy Note 01/15 on further information for implementing Energy Efficiency Directive article 6.

  76. Added procurement policy note 11/14 on references.

  77. Added Policy Procurement Note 10/14: plan for public procurement of food and catering services.

  78. Added 09/14: use of Cyber Essentials scheme certification

  79. Procurement policy note 08/14 on pre-qualification questionnaires added: this replaces note 01/12.

  80. Added Procurement Policy Note 07/14 – Implementing Article 6 of the Energy Efficiency Directive.

  81. Updated with Procurement Policy Note 06/14 on short form terms and conditions.

  82. Added Procurement Policy Note 04/14: model services contract

  83. Added procurement policy notes 02/14 and 03/14.

  84. Added PPN 01/14 on sharing information in government procurement.

  85. New procurement policy note on threshold levels for 2014.

  86. First published.

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