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Corporate procurement
LBBD Procurement Hub
Introduction
The Procurement Act 2023 is now live.
It will change the way local authorities buy goods, services, and products, and manage contracts with external parties that provide them by introducing a new set of regulations councils must follow.
The legislation aims to:
- make it more accessible, efficient, and beneficial for both councils and suppliers
- provide a clearer framework for decision-making
- create a simpler and more flexible, commercial system that better meets our country’s needs while remaining compliant with our international obligations
- open up public procurement to new entrants such as small businesses and social enterprises so that they can compete for and win more public contracts
- relax restrictions on considering factors such as supplier location and social value, allowing councils more flexibility to support local businesses and achieve wider community benefits
- embed transparency throughout the commercial lifecycle so that the spending of taxpayers’ money can be properly scrutinised.
This legislation affects the trade of every external supplier who provides goods, services, and products to the council, whether under contract, framework, or spot purchase. These rules apply to contracts, frameworks, and purchases from large businesses, small to medium-sized enterprises, voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprises, and other public bodies such as the NHS.
This Hub has been created to guide you through what you must do as suppliers under the Act, government guidance for suppliers, local rules suppliers must follow, and information about upcoming market engagement events.
In this Hub, you will find government guidance for suppliers in the form of “Knowledge Drop” videos and updated local rules suppliers must follow.
We will also be holding market engagement events in the coming months to inform potential and current suppliers about what the new legislation means for you.
This page is being regularly updated as the government provides more information about what councils are required to do under the law.