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Procurement policy notes

This collection brings together all procurement policy notes, providing guidance on best practice for public sector procurement.

Published 8 August 2013
Last updated 8 December 2020 — see all updates
From:
Cabinet Office, Efficiency and Reform Group, and Crown Commercial Service

Guidance on best practice for procurement for public sector organisations, together with supporting documentation.

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Out of date procurement policy notes

Published 8 August 2013
Last updated 8 December 2020 + show all updates

  1. Addition of link to Procurement Policy Note 09/20: The Construction Playbook.

  2. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 08/20 - Introduction of Find a Tender.

  3. Addition of PPN 06/20.

  4. Adding: Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19.

  5. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 03/20: Use of procurement cards - coronavirus.

  6. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 01/20: Responding to COVID-19.

  7. Addition of Procurement Policy Note 06/19: New Thresholds 2020.

  8. Added new PPN to collection

  9. Procurement Policy Note 03/19: The Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations page added

  10. New note added to collection for 2019

  11. A section for documents for 2019 was added

  12. Updated to include Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 0418

  13. Added PPN 03/18

  14. New PPN added replacing 03/17

  15. New PPN added to 2018 collection

  16. new PPN added - threshold levels 2018

  17. New PPN 03/17 added to 2017 list

  18. 02/17 update on previous transparency PPN added

  19. moved PPN 13/15 to out of date collection

  20. new collection group '2017' added

  21. New PPN 01/17 added and new group '2017' created

  22. Added 'PPN 13/15' to out of date procurement policy notes

  23. Added procurement policy note 11/16: procuring steel in major projects - revised guidance and moved 16/15 to out of date content as it has been replaced by this new note.

  24. Added procurement policy note 10/16: onerous practices in procurement and contracting.

  25. Added Procurement Policy Note 09/16: Procuring for Growth Balanced Scorecard

  26. Added 07/16 procurement policy note.

  27. Added PPN note 05/16.

  28. Added note 03/16

  29. Added PPN 02/16

  30. Edited collection documents to include PPN18/15

  31. Added note on complying with international obligations.

  32. Added PPN 18/15

  33. Added procurement policy note 17/15 on standard EU forms and notices

  34. Updated with procurement policy note 16/15 procuring steel in a major project

  35. Added Procurement Policy Note 15/15: statistics on utilities procurement contracts awarded in 2013 and 2014

  36. Added PPN 14/15 on supporting apprenticeships and skills through public procurement

  37. Added policy procurement note 13/15 on transparency of contract information

  38. Added latest procurement policy note 12/15: availability of procurement procedures (decision tree)

  39. PPN 11/15 added

  40. Added PPN 10/15: annual statistical returns on public procurement contracts awarded in 2013 and 2014.

  41. Added new PPN: assisting with procurement investigations

  42. PPNs 05/15, 06/15, 07/15, 08/15 added.

  43. Added latest procurement policy note 04/15: taking account of suppliers’ past performance

  44. Added Policy Procurement Note 03/15 on reforms to make public procurement more accessible to SMEs.

  45. Added Procurement Policy Note 02/15 on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

  46. Added Procurement Policy Note 01/15 on further information for implementing Energy Efficiency Directive article 6.

  47. Added procurement policy note 11/14 on references.

  48. Added Policy Procurement Note 10/14: plan for public procurement of food and catering services.

  49. Added 09/14: use of Cyber Essentials scheme certification

  50. Procurement policy note 08/14 on pre-qualification questionnaires added: this replaces note 01/12.

  51. Added Procurement Policy Note 07/14 – Implementing Article 6 of the Energy Efficiency Directive.

  52. Updated with Procurement Policy Note 06/14 on short form terms and conditions.

  53. Added Procurement Policy Note 04/14: model services contract

  54. Added procurement policy notes 02/14 and 03/14.

  55. Added PPN 01/14 on sharing information in government procurement.

  56. New procurement policy note on threshold levels for 2014.

  57. First published.

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