Research and analysis

Public Procurement Review Service Annual Reports

These reports identify trends in raised referrals to the Public Procurement Review Service and outline key findings and recommendations for improvement.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 30 June 2014
• Last updated: 9 April 2026
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  1. 9 April 2026

     Added the document: Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2024-25

  2. 3 December 2025

     Update to the text

  3. 2 April 2025

     Added the document: Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2023-24

  4. 29 February 2024

     Added the document: Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2022-23

  5. 15 December 2022

     Added the document: Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2021-22

  6. 15 July 2021

     Added 2020-21

  7. 2 October 2020

     Addition of document, 'Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2019-20'

  8. 10 July 2019

     Updated with Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2018-19

  9. 29 November 2018

     The Mystery Shopper Service has been rebranded as the Public Procurement Review Service and the name has been updated to reflect this.

  10. 26 October 2018

      New reports uploaded

  11. 15 September 2016

      Added Mystery Shopper progress report for 2015-16.

  12. 1 July 2014

      Three year report added.

  13. 30 June 2014

      First published.

Documents

Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2024-25 (PDF)

PDF, 820 KB, 23 pages

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2024-25 (HTML)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2023-24 (PDF)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2023-24 (HTML)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2022-23 (PDF)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2022-23 (HTML)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2021-22 (PDF)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2021-22 (HTML)

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2020-21

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2019-20

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Public Procurement Review Service Progress Report 2018-19

PDF, 595 KB, 17 pages

Mystery Shopper progress report 2017-18

PDF, 326 KB, 11 pages

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Mystery Shopper progress report 2016-17

PDF, 274 KB, 7 pages

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Mystery Shopper progress report 2015-2016

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Mystery Shopper progress report: trends from the first 3 years

PDF, 402 KB, 8 pages

Mystery Shopper progress report: trends from the first 18 months

PDF, 160 KB, 8 pages

Details

The Public Procurement Review Service (PPRS) provides a route for suppliers to raise concerns about public procurement practice. Concerns can relate to any stage of a procurement or can relate to the late payment of invoices. PPRS publishes findings, makes recommendations and aims to improve standards in public procurement practice.