Overview
The guidance documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.
These 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.
Transitional and saving arrangements are set out in the regulations which determine how the changeover from the previous legislation to the Procurement Act 2023 (Act) is managed and effected by contracting authorities. They determine how procurements which straddle the implementation date of the Act are to be carried out and which legislation applies. The intent is that the implementation of the Act will cause as little disruption as possible for procurements which are already underway, and contracts which have already been awarded, when the Act comes into force.
Legal framework
The transitional and saving arrangements will be set out in regulations made under the powers set out in sections 122(3)(d) and 127(2) of the Act.
These regulations, the Procurement Act (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving) Regulations 2024, and the Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 set out the rules for which legislation applies to ongoing procurements and contracts awarded under the previous legislation, which determine how those procurements and contracts are to be managed.