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Procurement Act 2023 compliance tool

Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) · United Kingdom · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your Procurement Act 2023 documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) is a binding instrument in the United Kingdom. UK public procurement rules for suppliers bidding on public contracts.

The free assessment screens for Procurement Act 2023 when a business bids for or holds public sector contracts.

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• Your exact position under Procurement Act 2023: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does Procurement Act 2023 apply to my business?

The Act applies to you if you are a contracting authority, meaning a public authority, a public undertaking for utilities contracts, or a private utility for utilities contracts, and it also binds suppliers bidding on covered procurement. A supplier acting as a main or intermediate contractor carries a direct duty under section 73 to pay its own subcontractors on 30-day terms.

Who does Procurement Act 2023 apply to?

It applies to contracting authorities, centralised procurement authorities procuring for others, suppliers participating in covered procurement, and persons supplied under a public sub-contract. Private utilities are covered for utilities contracts but are excluded from certain obligations listed in the Act, including the national procurement policy statement under s.13 and standstill periods under s.51(3)(c).

Does Procurement Act 2023 apply to a small business?

The Act sets no size threshold and no small business exemption. Instead, section 12(4) requires contracting authorities to have regard to the fact that SMEs may face particular barriers to participation and to consider whether those barriers can be removed or reduced, and section 86 extends that duty to below-threshold procurement.

When does Procurement Act 2023 apply from, and what are the deadlines?

The main operative provisions came into force on 24 February 2025 by S.I. 2024/716. Deadlines include publishing a contract award notice before contract entry under s.50(1), an eight working day standstill period under s.51(2), a contract details notice within 30 days of contract entry under s.53(1)(a), and payment within 30 days of invoice under s.68(2).

What does Procurement Act 2023 require me to do?

You must follow the procurement principles in s.12, including value for money, public benefit, information sharing, integrity, equal treatment and consideration of SME barriers. You must identify and keep under review conflicts of interest under ss.81-83, prepare a conflicts assessment before publishing a tender or transparency notice, and keep records sufficient to explain every material procurement decision under s.98.

What records or documents does Procurement Act 2023 require me to keep or produce?

Section 98 requires records sufficient to explain every material procurement decision and records of pre-contract communications with suppliers, retained for three years from contract entry, and this does not apply to defence and security contracts. You must also prepare a conflicts assessment before publishing a tender or transparency notice and before establishing a dynamic market under ss.81-83.

What happens if I do not comply with Procurement Act 2023?

The Act imposes no direct financial penalties on contracting authorities or suppliers. Enforcement runs through court remedies under ss.103-104, automatic suspension under s.101, debarment under ss.62-66, procurement investigations under ss.108-110, and the implied termination right under s.78.

How do I start complying with Procurement Act 2023?

The first practical step is to prepare a conflicts assessment before publishing a tender or transparency notice and before establishing a dynamic market, under ss.81-83. Contracting authorities must also identify and keep under review all conflicts and potential conflicts and take all reasonable steps to prevent them creating unfair advantage or disadvantage.

Which ComplianceSME account includes the Procurement Act 2023 toolkit?

The Procurement Act 2023 agent toolkit is included from the Medium level.

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