Guidance and regulation

Guidance designed to provide a high level overview of the changes to the procurement regulations and aimed at those who have regular interactions with procurement

• From: Government Commercial Function
• Updated: 18 December 2023

These guidance documents cover all aspects of the Procurement Act 2023 and provide help with interpretation and understanding. Please read further details below.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 22 April 2024

• Guidance: Contracting Authority definition (HTML)

  What are contracting authorities? 1. ‘Contracting authority’ is the term…

• Guidance: Covered Procurement definition (HTML)

  What is covered procurement? 1. Covered procurement means the award, entry…

• Guidance: Valuation of Contracts (HTML)

  What is valuation of contracts? 1. Rules on estimating contract values are…

• Guidance: Mixed Procurement (HTML)

  What is mixed procurement? 1. Contracting authorities need to be able to…

• Guidance: Exempted Contracts (HTML)

  What is an exempted contract? 1. An exempted contract is a type of…

• Guidance: Thresholds (HTML)

  What are thresholds? 1. The majority of the provisions in the Procurement…

• Guidance: National Procurement Policy Statement (HTML)

  What is the NPPS? 1. The NPPS is a statutory statement which allows the…

• Guidance: Pipeline Notice (HTML)

  What is a pipeline notice? 1. One of the most important things contracting…

• Guidance: Technical Specifications (HTML)

  What are technical specifications? 1. Technical specifications set out the…

• Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice (HTML)

  What is a planned procurement notice? 1. The planned procurement notice is…

This publication offers guidance on how to handle public funds.

• From: HM Treasury
• Updated: 4 May 2023

HM Treasury guidance on how to appraise and evaluate policies, projects and programmes.

• From: Government Finance Function and 1 others
• Updated: 16 May 2024

Directives, regulations, policies and guidance relating to the procurement of supplies, services and works for the public sector.

• From: Crown Commercial Service
• Updated: 3 April 2023

This NPPS sets out strategic priorities for public procurement and how contracting authorities can support their delivery, and will come into effect on 28 October 2024

• From: Government Commercial Function
• Updated: 13 May 2024

Information on how to access the official Procurement Act 2023 e-learning modules

• From: Government Commercial Function
• Updated: 22 April 2024

Guide for suppliers on a Crown Commercial Service (CCS) commercial agreement, who supply common goods and services to the public sector.

• From: Crown Commercial Service
• Updated: 13 May 2024

Almost £5 billion of funding is available to help UK businesses become greener as part of the government’s commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 26 October 2022

This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) updates the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and accompanying statutory guidance and replaces PPN 03/23.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 27 March 2024

How to buy cloud services on the Digital Marketplace.

• From: Crown Commercial Service
• Updated: 11 March 2024

Applications to join the G-Cloud 14 are now open

• From: Crown Commercial Service and 1 others
• Updated: 11 March 2024

The Grants Functional Standard promotes efficiency and effectiveness in grant making across all government departments and arm’s length bodies.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 7 May 2024

Green Book and business case tools and templates for practitioners and reviewers.

• From: HM Treasury
• Updated: 18 November 2022

How to register and apply for DWP accreditation on the Flexible Support Fund Dynamic Purchasing System 2 (FSF DPS) for the provision of work focused activities.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 25 November 2021

Capital grant support is available for the development of new and existing low and zero-carbon heat networks: this page contains guidance and details of how to apply via Triple Point.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 19 April 2024

Details on open funding opportunities from the UK Space Agency, the space sector, academic, education and community partners.

• From: UK Space Agency
• Updated: 13 May 2024

This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) updates the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and accompanying statutory guidance and replaces PPN 08/16.

• From: Cabinet Office and 1 others
• Updated: 9 March 2023

How to register and respond to tenders and further competitions using the Crown Commercial Service’s eSourcing tool.

• From: Crown Commercial Service
• Updated: 18 July 2023

PPN 01/24 introduces an optional standard carbon reduction contract schedule that can be included in Government contracts.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 18 March 2024