Public procurement in the UK

A practice note looking at the public procurement regime that applies in England and Wales from Brexit IP completion day (11.00 pm on 31 December 2020) following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. It includes a review of who must comply, contract thresholds, in-house contract awards, the obligations if the rules do apply and the remedies for a failure to comply with the rules.

Note: The Cabinet Office issued procurement guidance in response to the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The guidance is addressed in Legal update, Cabinet Office publishes PPN 01/20: Responding to COVID-19, Legal update, Cabinet Office publishes PPN 02/20: Supplier relief due to COVID-19, Legal update, COVID-19: PPN 03/20 published on use of procurement cards (Cabinet Office) and Legal update, Cabinet Office publishes PPN 04/20: Recovery and transition from COVID-19. The EC also published guidance on using the public procurement framework related to the COVID-19 crisis, which is addressed in Legal update, COVID-19: EC publishes guidance on purchasing COVID-19-related supplies and services using EU public procurement framework . See also Legal update, COVID-19: guidance on supporting vital service provision in PFI/PF2 contracts published (Infrastructure and Projects Authority) The contents of this note are potentially affected by this guidance as regards procurements commenced in 2020 and 2021 and should be read in conjunction with it.