All you need to know about Procurement Reform
The Procurement Bill is making its way through parliament. It is expected to become law in October 2024 and represents the most significant shake-up to procurement law and practice for a generation.
We have been at the forefront of procurement law for many years and here we bring together in one place key resources and our insights on this crucial development.
Addleshaw Goddard's market-leading procurement specialists offer unrivalled non-contentious and contentious capability and experience, with this practice area consistently ranked in Band 1 of the Chambers UK directory. You can find out more about our procurement team here. If you have any queries on how the reforms may affect you, one of our team would be delighted to help.
Read our insightsProcurement Bill Timeline
Latest developments
– 17 July 2023: Part 2 consultation on secondary legislation launched, focusing on the proposed transparency requirements and noticing regime – see here
– 19 June 2023: Part 1 consultation on secondary legislation launched. Part 1 focused primarily on the various lists and definitions within the Bill (for example, exempt and Light Touch contracts) – see our analysis here
– 24 February 2023: Amended Procurement Bill published following Committee stage in the Commons
– 9 January 2023: Cabinet Office publishes guidance on the benefits of the Procurement Bill for prospective suppliers to the public sector - see here
– 15 December 2022: Cabinet Office publishes explanatory notes for Procurement Bill (as amended in the House of Lords) - see here
– 13 December 2022: House of Lords approves amended Bill and sends it to the Commons
– 30 November 2022: House of Lords publishes amended Procurement Bill following Report stage - see here and our analysis here and here
– 26 October 2022: House of Lords publishes amended Procurement Bill - see here and our analysis here
– 21 October 2022: Cabinet Office publishes guidance on preparing for reform - see here
– 25 July 2022: Cabinet Office is running surveys every 6 months to hear views and inform the reforms: the first survey is available here
– 30 June 2022: Cabinet Office sets out transparency ambition for new procurement regime - see here
– 26 May 2022: Amendments to Bill proposed (see here for running list of amendments)
– 25 May 2022: Second reading in House of Lords
– 11 May 2022: Procurement Bill introduced to parliament. First reading in House of Lords
– 6 December 2021: Response to Green Paper published by Cabinet Office
– 15 December 2020: Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement published by Cabinet Office
Featured article

Consultation launched on implementation of the Procurement Bill – have your say!
The Procurement Bill is due to get Royal Assent shortly. There are plans to disapply the new rules for certain NHS procurements, and use the Provider Selection Regime instead, where the presumption is that contracts WILL NOT be competed regularly, but rolled over if the supplier is doing a 'good job'. Have your say in a new consultation on how these rules will be applied.
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Articles, Insights & Key Contacts
The only waste is Essex – new caselaw on contract modification
Contract modification under the public procurement rules has long been a hazardous area. The general position under Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) is that in-life modifications require a fresh procurement process to be run, unless it can be demonstrated that the modification is not substantial or that one of the relevant safe harbours apply. The position is the same under the utilities and concessions regimes.
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New Standard Selection Questionnaire
The Cabinet Office published a new Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) on 9 March 2023. The Procurement Policy Note (PPN) provides a list of standard selection questions, as well as an SQ template.
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