Changes made by the Procurement Act 2023, in force from 24 February 2025, include ( 1 ) a new MANDATORY EXCLUSION ground for participating in a cartel, ( 2 ) a DISCRETIONARY EXCLUSION ground for potential competition infringements, and ( 3 ) the introduction of a CENTRAL DEBARMENT Register. Suppliers who breach competition law risk ( i) exclusion from individual public procurements and ( ii ) being added to the Central Debarment Register, resulting in EXCLUSION FROM ALL CONTRACTS subject to public procurement, for 5 years. The COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY has, on 26 February 2025, published a INFORMATION NOTE on “Exclusion and Debarment on Competition Grounds.”
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