Compliance dates · 30 October 2026 · UK (public sector buyers, affects SME suppliers)
Procurement Act payments compliance notices must be published by 30 October 2026
30 October 2026 is the publication deadline for Procurement Act 2023 payments compliance notices and section 70 payment information. Both cover the reporting period ending 30 September 2026 and are due within 30 days of period end.
The duty sits on contracting authorities. Its value to a small supplier is different: the published notice is evidence of how a buyer pays. The payments compliance notice and the section 70 information run to the same 30 day rule from period end, so both land together.
Contracting authorities publish, SME suppliers read
Contracting authorities. SME suppliers use these notices as evidence on late payment, which makes the publication date worth knowing on the supply side as well as the buying side.
Two different jobs, depending which side you are on
- If you are a contracting authority, publish the payments compliance notice and section 70 information by 30 October 2026.
- Check the notice covers the reporting period ending 30 September 2026.
- If you supply the public sector, read the notices your buyers publish.
- Keep any notice that supports a late payment position with the contract file.
- Diarise the next reporting period end so the 30 day publication window is not missed.
The Procurement Act 2023 system
Payments compliance notices and section 70 information are Procurement Act 2023 duties.
Procurement Act 2023 £2,500
UK public procurement rules for suppliers bidding on public contracts.
Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) · United Kingdom
Verified 19 August 2026.