Overview
The guidance documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.
The guidance documents should be read in conjunction with the Procurement Act 2023 and its associated regulations and are aimed at procurement practitioners and commercial policy leads in contracting authorities. They are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.
Under the Procurement Act 2023 (Act), before entering into a public contract, a contracting authority must generally publish a contract award notice (section 50(1)) on the central digital platform. The contract award notice triggers the commencement of the mandatory standstill period.
In addition, where a contracting authority has carried out a competitive tendering procedure under the Act, it must, prior to publishing the contract award notice, provide an ‘assessment summary’ which provides information to enable a relevant supplier to understand why its tender was either successful or unsuccessful.
When awarding a contract following a competitive tendering procedure, a contracting authority must provide an assessment summary to each supplier that submitted an ‘assessed tender’ and publish a contract award notice.
Legal framework
- Section 50
- Regulation 31.
Other guidance relevant to this area
- Competitive tendering procedures
- Awarding a contract following a competitive tendering procedure
- Contract award notice and standstill
- Publication of information