Guidance

Procurement Act 2023

The Act consolidates current procurement rules to create a single public procurement regime. This will simplify the system, open up public procurement to new entrants and embed transparency.

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15 May 2024
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Contents

Legislation and documents

Procurement Act 2023 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024: Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment on senedd.wales

The Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025: Explanatory Memorandum on senedd.wales

The Procurement (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025: Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment on senedd.wales

The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2024 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2024 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 on legislation.gov.uk

The Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 on legislation.gov.uk

Explanatory Memorandum to The Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 on senedd.wales

The Procurement Act 2023 (Threshold Amounts) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 on legislation.gov.uk

Explanatory Memorandum to The Procurement Act 2023 (Threshold Amounts) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2025 on senedd.wales

The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025 on legislation.gov.uk

Guidance

Learning and development

Welsh Government

Supplementary training modules on the changes to procurement legislation in Wales (for Welsh contracting authorities) is available on the Learning@Wales training platform (under the ‘Welsh Government’ drop-down options).

Overview video of New Procurement Legislation: Learning & Development for Wales on YouTube

UK government

The full suite of UK government’s official L&D training for the Procurement Act 2023 is available below:

Transforming Public Procurement eLearning official update on GOV.UK

The Official Transforming Public Procurement Knowledge Drops on GOV.UK

Transforming Public Procurement: the official learning and development offer on GOV.UK

Transforming Public Procurement Learning Manual on GOV.UK

Information for suppliers

Information and guidance for suppliers on GOV.UK

Wales Procurement Specific Questionnaire (WPSQ)

The Procurement Act 2023 and Associated Regulations: A short guide for suppliers

Changing procurement landscape webinar for suppliers (Sept 2023) on YouTube

Act Now - A guide for suppliers: How to set up consortia on Find a Tender on YouTube

Procurement Act 2023: Short Guides on GOV.UK

The Procurement Act 2023: A short guide for suppliers on GOV.UK

Benefits for Prospective Suppliers to the Public Sector on GOV.UK

UKG Knowledge Drops for Suppliers part 1 (short video) on YouTube

UKG Knowledge Drop for Suppliers part 2 (short video) on YouTube

UKG Knowledge Drop for Suppliers part 3 (short video) on YouTube

UKG Knowledge Drop for SME/VCSEs part 1 (short video) on YouTube

UKG Knowledge Drop for SME/VCSEs part 2 (short video) on YouTube

UKG Knowledge Drop for SME/VCSEs part 3 (short video) on YouTube

Resources

UK government sessions

Please note: These sessions are being run by the UK government and so there could be some things discussed that are not relevant to Wales.

Upcoming Cabinet Office webinars

Templates

Webinars and videos

Related information

Newsletters and updates

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15 May 2024

Last updated

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