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Contents
Legislation
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2023
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2024
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2025
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2025
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2026
Statutory guidance
Statutory guidance: annual socially responsible procurement reports
Statutory guidance: contracts register
Statutory guidance: works and workforce clauses notifications
Statutory guidance: procurement investigations
Statutory guidance: procurement strategies
Statutory guidance: setting and meeting socially responsible procurement (SRP) objectives
Information documents
Code and clauses
Documents
Annual reports
Resources
Social partnership: self-assessment guidance
Social partnership duty: frequently asked questions
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act: free online learning
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act: easy read version
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act: components map
Empowering organisations to embed social partnership
Overview of the socially responsible procurement duties
Benefits of procurement reform for Welsh contracting authorities
Commencement No. 4: overview and coming into force dates
Project bank account (PBA): subcontractor opt-out form
Socially responsible procurement: a short guide for senior leaders
Information for suppliers
Case studies
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) case study
Natural Resources Wales case study
Welsh Government AI trial case study
Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (WAST) case study
Merthyr Tydfil Bus Station case study
Shadow Social Partnership Council case study
Workforce Partnership Council case study
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board case study
Cardiff Council Living Wage case study
Consultations
Background information
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 | Law Wales
Social partnerships to bolster fair work in Wales (July 2019)
A more equal Wales: strengthening social partnership white paper (April 2020)
Social partnership: oral statement (9 July 2019)
Summary of Consultation Responses (April 2021)
Written statement (7 June 2022)
Written statement (28 June 2023)