The Cabinet Office has announced that the Procurement Act 2023 will now commence on 24 February 2025 – a delay of four months from the original go-live date of 28 October 2024 to allow time for a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) to be produced.
Work will now begin on a new NPPS, creating a mission-led procurement regime which builds on the powers within the Act, which meets the challenge of applying the full potential of public procurement to deliver value for money, economic growth and social value.
This work will be completed by February and therefore, Ministers have taken the decision to delay the commencement of the new regime until the new NPPS is in place. The NPPS laid by the previous administration, and which would have come into force with the Act, will be withdrawn.
If you have specific points or questions you wish to raise, please do contact procurement.reform@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
This topic will be discussed at BIVDA’s next Procurement Working Party on 16 October 2024. You can sign-up here.
