Guidance

Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents - Manage phase

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

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 2 August 2024
• Last updated: 20 July 2026
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  1. 20 July 2026

     Updated to provide further clarity on valuing contracts and payments.

  2. 19 June 2026

     Updates to paragraph 6 and 17: Guidance: Contract Payment Information

  3. 20 April 2026

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Key Performance Indicators

  4. 15 April 2026

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Terminations

  5. 15 April 2026

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment

  6. 4 February 2026

     Added the document: Guidance - Contract Payment Information

  7. 20 November 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices. Also updated to clarify various policy aspects in response to contracting authority queries, including reporting payments in compliance with section 68(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.

  8. 20 August 2025

     Updated the document: Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices Removed Annex A and updated paragraph 45

  9. 26 June 2025

     Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Performance Notice

  10. 19 June 2025

      Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Modification

  11. 13 February 2025

      Added the documents: Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices

  12. 6 February 2025

      Updated main text

  13. 6 February 2025

      Added the documents: Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices

  14. 4 September 2024

      New documents uploaded (Guidance: Contract Modifications)

  15. 6 August 2024

      Added the documents: Guidance: Key Performance Indicators Guidance: Contract Performance Notices

  16. 2 August 2024

      First published.

Documents

Guidance: Contract Termination (PDF)

PDF, 325 KB, 10 pages

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Guidance: Contract Termination (HTML)

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Guidance: Key Performance Indicators (PDF)

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Guidance: Contract Performance Notices (PDF)

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Guidance: Contract Performance Notices (HTML)

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Guidance: Contract Modifications (PDF)

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Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment (PDF)

PDF, 303 KB, 8 pages

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Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices (PDF)

PDF, 368 KB, 11 pages

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Guidance - Contract Payment Information (PDF)

PDF, 165 KB, 9 pages

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