Guidance

Potential users of the Delivery Partner DPS

Updated 19 December 2024

Applies to England

Please note that this will also include any successor organisations of those listed below.

1

• Ministerial and non-ministerial government departments
• Executive agencies of government and other subsidiary bodies
• Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs
• All non-Crown Status Government Companies wholly or partly owned by central government departments and their subsidiaries
• Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs)
• Police forces - this includes Police Forces and Special Police Forces in the UK, Police and Crime Commissioners, Police Authorities, and other relevant legislation for the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, for their respective rights and interests.
• Fire and rescue services
• Ambulance services
• Maritime and coastguard agency services
• NHS bodies: NHS Authorities and Trusts, Clinical commissioning groups
• Educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities
• Hospices
• National Parks
• Housing associations, including registered social landlords
• Third sector and charities
• Local Enterprise Partnerships
• Citizens advice bodies
• Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils
• Other Public Bodies and Public corporations and their subsidiary bodies sponsored by Central Government Departments which are not covered by named categories in this list
• Public financial bodies or institutions
• Public pension funds
• Central banks
• Civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations
• All new bodies created which fall within the criteria

2

Those listed and maintained by the government on the gov.uk website or at any replacement web link.

3

Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics in their public sector classification guide, or at any replacement web link.

4

Those set out in the definition of ‘Contracting Authority’ in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), namely:

• the State, regional or local authorities - this covers parliament, central government, regional government and local government
• associations formed by one or more regional or local authorities
• bodies governed by public law, as defined under regulation 2(1) of PCR, including any subsidiary and sponsoring department of such bodies. A body which operates in normal market conditions, aims to make a profit, and bears the losses resulting from the exercise of its activity shall not be considered as being a ‘body governed by public law’ since the needs in the general interest, that it has been set up to meet or been given the task of meeting, can be deemed to have an industrial or commercial character.
• associations formed by one or more bodies governed by public law, including any (applicable) joint venture or corporation
• central government authorities, as defined under regulation 2(1) of PCR, and listed in Schedule 1 PCR

Other potential users

• Combined Authorities established under Section 103 of the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
• Post Office Ltd
• Manchester Airport Group