Guidance

Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents - Define phase

These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 24 May 2024
• Last updated: 13 July 2026
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  1. 13 July 2026

     Updated to incorporate thresholds applicable from 1 January 2026 and minor revisions for consistency and clarity.

  2. 5 May 2026

     Update to para 32 and added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Dynamic Markets

  3. 9 March 2026

     Below Threshold Guidance updated to reflect changes brought in by the Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026. Also added guidance links to document.'

  4. 5 November 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Direct Award Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Lots Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Conflicts of Interest

  5. 5 November 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Competitive Tendering Procedures

  6. 30 October 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers

  7. 30 October 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Technical Specifications

  8. 30 October 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice

  9. 10 October 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Mixed Procurement

  10. 10 October 2025

      Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Thresholds

  11. 9 October 2025

      Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Valuation of Contracts

  12. 29 July 2025

      Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement

  13. 14 January 2025

      Guidance: Valuation of Contracts - edits to paragraphs 6-9

  14. 13 January 2025

      Slight formatting tweaks to Guidance: Valuation of Contracts

  15. 3 December 2024

      Updated the documents: Dynamic Markets: 'updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.' Frameworks: 'updated to clarify position in relation to applicability of statutory requirement to have regard to the NPPS.'

  16. 19 July 2024

      Added the documents: Guidance: Lots Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers Guidance: Conflicts of Interest

  17. 9 July 2024

      Added the documents: Guidance: Frameworks Guidance: Dynamic Markets

  18. 8 July 2024

      Added the document: Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts

  19. 2 July 2024

      Added the documents: - Direct Award - Competitive Tendering Procedures

  20. 24 May 2024

      First published.

Documents

Guidance: Valuation of Contracts (PDF)

PDF, 216 KB, 7 pages

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Guidance: Valuation of Contracts (HTML)

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Guidance: Thresholds (PDF)

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Guidance: Thresholds (HTML)

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Guidance: Mixed Procurement (PDF)

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Guidance: Mixed Procurement (HTML)

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Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice (PDF)

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Guidance: Planned Procurement Notice (HTML)

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Guidance: Preliminary Market Engagement (PDF)

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Guidance: Technical Specifications (PDF)

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Guidance: Direct Award (PDF)

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Guidance: Competitive Tendering Procedures (PDF)

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Guidance: Below-Threshold Contracts (PDF)

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Guidance: Frameworks (PDF)

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Guidance: Frameworks (HTML)

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Guidance: Dynamic Markets (PDF)

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Guidance: Lots (PDF)

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Guidance: Lots (HTML)

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Guidance: Treaty State Suppliers (PDF)

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Guidance: Conflicts of Interest (PDF)

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Guidance: Conflicts of Interest (HTML)

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These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.