Substantively restructured and reissued in 2025, this leading reference work provides a comprehensive account of the rules governing public procurement across the United Kingdom.
It is centred on the new legal framework established by the Procurement Act 2023 and the accompanying Procurement Regulations 2024, reflecting the very latest legal, policy, and practice developments relevant to procurement by covered authorities. The work also addresses below-threshold procurement activities and outlines the arrangements applicable to the devolved procurement regimes in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
The content is organised around the full procurement life cycle, from preliminary considerations and the adoption of good practice; progressing to a detailed examination of covered contracts and contracting authorities; and culminating in the exploration of award processes, procedural requirements, and contract management. It further explores key substantive topics, including sustainability and wider social and environmental considerations, conflicts of interest, exempted contracts and excluded authorities, procurement in the defence and security sectors and the National Health Service, enforcement and remedies, and the role of the new Procurement Review Unit. International agreements, including post-Brexit arrangements between the UK and the European Union and the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Government Procurement, are also addressed.
Updated twice yearly, the work continues to provide subscribers with comprehensive and timely coverage of developments arising from the National Procurement Policy Statement and Procurement Policy Notes (including their devolved equivalents), as well as legislative reforms, guidance updates, and the latest case law.
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