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Market consultation and engagement

Activities at this commercial stage include (not an exhaustive list):

  • considering preliminary market engagement to test requirements, stimulate interest and allow time for suppliers to prepare for the procurement
  • issuing relevant Notices to invite suppliers to participate
  • conducting preliminary market engagement in a fair and transparent way, ensuring information is open to all interested suppliers.
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Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs)
PPN Title (links open in new tabs)
PPN 01/24 (PCR 2015) Carbon reduction contract schedule (opens in new tab)
PPN 04/23 (PCR 2015) Procuring steel in government contracts (opens in new tab)
PPN 02/23 (PCR 2015) Tackling modern slavery in government supply chains (opens in new tab)
PPN 05/21 (PCR 2015) National Procurement Policy Statement (opens in new tab)
PPN 04/21 (PCR 2015) Applying exclusions in public procurement, managing conflicts of interest and whistleblowing (opens in new tab)
PPN 10/20 (PCR 2015) Public procurement after the transition period ends on 31 December 2020 (opens in new tab)
PPN 08/20 (PCR 2015) Introduction of Find a Tender (opens in new tab)
PPN 06/20 (PCR 2015) Taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts (opens in new tab)
PPN 01/13 (PCR 2015) Public Sector Equality Duty (opens in new tab)
PPN 009 (PA 2023) PPN 009 Tackling modern slavery in government supply chains (opens in new tab)
PPN 010 (PA 2023) PPN 010 Procuring Steel in Government Contracts (opens in new tab)
PPN 002 (PA 2023) PPN 002 Taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts (opens in new tab)
PPN 011 (PA 2023) PPN 011 Commercial playbooks (opens in new tab)
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Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015)
Regulation (Reg.) Title (links open in new tabs)
Reg. 18 (PCR 2015) Principles of procurement (opens in new tab)
Reg. 19 (PCR 2015) Economic operators (opens in new tab)
Reg. 21 (PCR 2015) Confidentiality (opens in new tab)
Reg. 24 (PCR 2015) Conflicts of interest (opens in new tab)
Reg. 25A (PCR 2015) Conditions relating to the GPA (opens in new tab)
Reg. 25B (PCR 2015) Conditions relating to international agreements by which the United Kingdom is bound, other than the GPA (opens in new tab)
Reg. 40 (PCR 2015) Preliminary market consultations (opens in new tab)
Reg. 41 (PCR 2015) Prior involvement of candidates or tenderers (opens in new tab)
Reg. 48 (PCR 2015) Prior information notices (opens in new tab)
Reg. 51 (PCR 2015) Publication on the UK e-notification service (opens in new tab)
Reg. 52 (PCR 2015) Publication otherwise than on the UK e-notification service (opens in new tab)
Reg. 84 (PCR 2015) Reporting and documentation requirements (opens in new tab)
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Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023)
Section (S.) Title (links open in new tabs)
S. 12 (PA 2023) Covered procurement: objectives (opens in new tab)
S. 13 (PA 2023) The national procurement policy statement (opens in new tab)
S. 14 (PA 2023) The Wales procurement policy statement (opens in new tab)
S. 15 (PA 2023) Planned procurement notices (opens in new tab)
S. 16 (PA 2023) Preliminary market engagement (opens in new tab)
S. 17 (PA 2023) Preliminary market engagement notices (opens in new tab)
S. 30 (PA 2023) Excluding suppliers for improper behaviour (opens in new tab)
S. 54 (PA 2023) Time limits (opens in new tab)
S. 81 (PA 2023) Conflicts of interest: duty to identify (opens in new tab)
S. 82 (PA 2023) Conflicts of interest: duty to mitigate (opens in new tab)
S. 83 (PA 2023) Conflicts assessments (opens in new tab)
S. 86 (PA 2023) Regulated below-threshold contracts: duty to consider small and medium-sized enterprises (opens in new tab)
S. 90 (PA 2023) Treaty state suppliers: non-discrimination (opens in new tab)
S. 91 (PA 2023) Treaty state suppliers: non-discrimination in Scotland (opens in new tab)
S. 94 (PA 2023) General exemptions from duties to publish or disclose information (opens in new tab)
S. 96 (PA 2023) Electronic communications (opens in new tab)
S. 98 (PA 2023) Record-keeping (opens in new tab)
S. 99 (PA 2023) Data Protection (opens in new tab)
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Commercial Playbooks
Product Title (links open in new tabs)
Playbook Sourcing Playbook (opens in new tab)
Guidance Note (Sourcing Playbook) Delivery model assessments (opens in new tab)
Guidance Note (Sourcing Playbook) Competitive dialogue and competitive procedure with negotiation (opens in new tab)
Playbook Consultancy Playbook (opens in new tab)
Guidance (Digital, Data and Technology Playbook) Commercial and supplier management approach to mitigating and preventing legacy IT (opens in new tab)
Guidance Note (Construction Playbook) Market, supplier & supply chain engagement in construction (opens in new tab)
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Commercial templates
Template Title (links open in new tabs)
Standard template (PCR 2015) (PCR 2015) Conflict of Interest (CoI) declaration form (opens in new tab)
Standard template (PA 2023) (PA 2023) Conflict of Interest declaration form (opens in new tab)
Standard template (PA 2023) (PA 2023) Conflicts assessment (opens in new tab)
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