Publish date: 15 November 2024
Current public procurement legislation is governed by the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR2015). However, this legislation is to be replaced by the Procurement Act 2023, currently scheduled to come into effect from 24 February 2025.
The aim of the new Act is to improve the procurement process for both buyers and suppliers, via streamlined and simplified procurement routes.
Key impact for Trusts
Although the key principles of public sector procurement will still apply, the new Act requires increased transparency, involving a range of mandatory notices to be published via a new central digital portal, accessible to all parties, potentially impacting on some of the Trust’s procurement processes.
Next Steps
Communications will be issued as necessary to provide any updates prior to implementation.
Procurement’s Divisional Business Partners will be providing a series of monthly Procurement awareness sessions between November and February that will include aspects of the forthcoming legislation. Invitations to these sessions will be issued shortly to those most likely to be impacted by the changes, however if you would like to attend any of the sessions please contact either paul
Please note that these are awareness sessions as opposed to SBS Oracle system training, which should be requested via the P2P team separately.