The Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and other Amendments) Regulations 2025, S.I. 2025/163, make substantive amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) and the Procurement Regulations 2024 (PR 2024), as well as consequential amendments arising from the coming into force of the PA 2023. They: update certain specified threshold amounts; reflect additions and amendments to the UK’s international obligations in respect of procurement; make consequential amendments to primary legislation rendered necessary by the coming into force of the PA 2023; make amendments to the PR 2024 that address a small number of matters for which provision was not made in those Regulations; contain consequential amendments to secondary legislation and assimilated law which are rendered necessary by the coming into force of the PA 2023; make repeals and revocations rendered necessary by the coming into force of the PA 2023; and contain transitional provisions.
A collection of updated Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Notes include: PPN 001: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSE) procurement spend targets; PPN 002: Taking account of social value in the award of contracts; PPN 003: the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012; PPN 004: Open Book Contract Management; PPN 005: Reserving below threshold procurements; PPN 006: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts; PPN 007: Contracts with Russia and Belarus; PPN 008: Armed Forces Covenant; PPN 009: Tackling modern slavery in government supply chains; PPN 010: Procuring steel in government contracts; PPN 011: The Commercial Playbooks; PPN 012: Security Classifications Policy; PPN 013: Using standard contracts; PPN 015: How to take account of a supplier’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contract; PPN 016: Carbon Reduction Contract Schedule; PPN 017: Improving transparency of AI use in procurement; and PPN 018: How to take account of a supplier’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contracts.