Commercial procurement legislation
Public procurement is changing. On Monday 24 February 2025, the rules that shape how public bodies buy goods and services will change.
The Procurement Act 2023 will introduce measures to improve and streamline the way procurement is done and benefit prospective suppliers of all sizes, particularly small businesses, start-ups and social enterprises.
If your business supplies goods, works or services to organisations in the public or utility sectors, or hopes to do so in the future, you need to know about the changes. This includes supplying:
government departments
- the NHS
- local authorities
- universities
- schools
- social housing organisations
- police and fire brigades
- utility companies
Information and guidance for suppliers
Find information and guidance for suppliers to help you prepare and to support you as you begin to do business under the new regime.
If you haven’t already, sign up for regular updates on Transforming Public Procurement. The Cabinet Office will use this to keep you up to date on the Get Ready for go live webinars and the ‘How to’ videos covering how to register on the central digital platform when you want to bid for work under the new regime.
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the new Act, email: procurement.reform@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
Procurement Act 2023: Webinar for suppliers and other external organisations
To support readiness for the new regime, the Cabinet Office ran two webinars for suppliers and other interested parties in January and the recordings have now been made available.
These sessions focus primarily on what the key changes are, how the central digital platform will work (featuring a live demonstration), and explain how to register on the platform when bidding for work under the new regime. The sessions have been recorded and are available to watch:
- a webinar for suppliers and other interested parties: How to get ready for 24 February 2025 (YouTube)
- a guide for suppliers: How to register an organisation and the first administrator in 3 easy steps (YouTube)
- a guide for suppliers: Detailed walkthrough How an administrator completes and updates supplier info (YouTube)
- a guide for everyone: An overview of the central digital platform, an enhanced Find a Tender service (YouTube)
- a guide for contracting authorities: The central digital platform, an enhanced Find a Tender service (YouTube)
Future tender opportunities
We advertise all our open tender opportunities on the e-tendering portal YORtender and our above threshold tenders on Find a Tender Service and will continue to do so under the new regime.
If you have any questions, or would like further information on how to work with us, email: procurement@york.gov.uk.