Overview
This PPN applies to all contracting authorities, including central government departments, executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, wider public sector, local authorities, NHS bodies, and utilities in respect of procurements regulated by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (collectively referred to as ‘contracting authorities').
This PPN reminds contracting authorities of the UK e-notification service (Find a Tender or ‘FTS’), where notices for procurements (from the end of the transition period) are required to be published. The PPN also provides advice on notice publication for contracting authorities whose procurements commenced prior to the end of the transition period.
Contracting authorities have legal obligations under the aforementioned regulations to publish certain notices in relation to public procurements. All legal and policy requirements to advertise on other platforms such as Contracts Finder and MOD Defence Contracts Online or Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales, eSourcing NI and eTendersNI are not affected by the requirement to publish certain notices on FTS.