GOV.UK Procurement Policy Notes

2023

• PPN 01/23: Requirements to publish on Contracts Finder

  • 18 January 2023

  •  Guidance

2022

• PPN 03/22 – Updated guidance on data protection legislation

  • 30 November 2022

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 02/22 – The Consultancy Playbook v1.1

  • 20 September 2022

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 01/22: contracts with suppliers from Russia and Belarus

  • 10 August 2022

  •  Guidance

2021

• Procurement Policy Note 10/21 – Thresholds and Inclusion of VAT

  • 6 December 2021

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 08/21 - Taking account of a bidder's approach to payment in the procurement of major government contracts

  • 21 October 2021

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 06/21: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts

  • 9 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 05/21: National Procurement Policy Statement

  • 3 June 2021

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 03/21: The Sourcing and Consultancy Playbooks

  • 20 May 2021

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 02/21: The WTO GPA and the UK-EU TCA

  • 19 February 2021

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 01/21: Procurement in an Emergency

  • 4 February 2021

  •  Policy paper

2020

• Procurement Policy Note 11/20: Reserving below threshold procurements

  • 3 September 2021

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 10/20: Public Procurement after the Transition Period ends on 31 December 2020

  • 10 December 2020

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 09/20: The Construction Playbook

  • 8 December 2020

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 08/20 - Introduction of Find a Tender

  • 23 November 2020

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 06/20 – taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts

  • 24 September 2020

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 05/20: The Outsourcing Playbook V2.0

  • 10 June 2020

  •  Policy paper

2019

• Procurement Policy Note 01/19: Applying Exclusions in Public Procurement, Managing Conflicts of Interest and Whistleblowing

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 03/19: The Public Procurement (Electronic Invoices etc.) Regulations

  • 20 May 2019

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 05/19: Tackling Modern Slavery in Government Supply Chains

  • 18 September 2019

  •  Guidance

2018

• Procurement Policy Note 01/18: Supply Chain Visibility

  • 10 April 2018

  •  Guidance

2017

• Procurement Policy Note 01/17: Update to Transparency Principles

  • 24 June 2021

  •  Guidance

2016

• Procurement policy note 11/16: procuring steel in major projects - revised guidance

  • 18 December 2017

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 09/16: Procuring for Growth Balanced Scorecard

  • 14 October 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 8/16: Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) template

  • 8 February 2017

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 06/16: Armed Forces Covenant

  • 25 June 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 05/16: Open book contract management

  • 24 May 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 03/16: publication of payment performance statistics

  • 29 March 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 02/16: Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and Concession Contracts Regulations 2016

  • 18 March 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 01/16: complying with international obligations

  • 17 February 2016

  •  Policy paper

2015

• Procurement Policy Note 14/15: supporting apprenticeships and skills through public procurement

  • 27 August 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 12/15: Availability of Procurement Procedures (Decision Tree)

  • 30 July 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 11/15: unstructured electronic invoices

  • 22 June 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 09/15: assisting with procurement investigations

  • 4 February 2019

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees

  • 27 March 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting

  • 27 March 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 04/15: taking account of suppliers’ past performance

  • 25 March 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 03/15: reforms to make public procurement more accessible to SMEs

  • 4 March 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 02/15: Public Contracts Regulations 2015

  • 6 February 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 01/15: implementing Energy Efficiency Directive article 6: further information

  • 19 January 2015

  •  Guidance

2014

• Procurement Policy Note 11/14: references and public procurement

  • 12 December 2014

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 10/14: the plan for public procurement of food and catering

  • 13 November 2014

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 09/14: Cyber Essentials scheme certification

  • 26 May 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 07/14: implementing Energy Efficiency Directive article 6

  • 3 June 2014

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 05/14: staff transfers and pensions

  • 11 March 2014

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance

  • 15 May 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 02/14: extending Mystery Shopper

  • 4 February 2019

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 01/14: sharing information within government

  • 3 February 2014

  •  Guidance

2013

• Procurement policy note 09/13: Implementing the New Classifications Policy

  • 23 October 2013

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 02/13: supplier financial risk issues

  • 4 February 2019

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 01/13: public sector equality duty

  • 28 January 2013

  •  Guidance

2012

• Procurement policy note 10/12: The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012

  • 20 December 2012

  •  Guidance

Out of date procurement policy notes

• Procurement Policy Note 02/18: Changes to Data Protection Legislation & General Data Protection Regulation

  • 18 May 2018

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 03/17: Changes to Data Protection Legislation & General Data Protection Regulation

  • 18 May 2018

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 16/15: procuring steel in major projects

  • 14 December 2015

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 13/15: increasing the transparency of contract information

  • 16 February 2017

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 06/13: promoting tax compliance

  • 25 July 2013

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 04/13: measures to promote tax compliance

  • 28 March 2013

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 09/12: taking account of bidders' past performance

  • 8 November 2012

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 07/12: tax arrangements of public appointees

  • 24 August 2012

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 01/12: use of pre-qualification questionnaires

  • 11 July 2014

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 09/11: open standards when specifying IT requirements

  • 30 November 2011

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 04/18: Taking account of a supplier’s approach to payment in the procurement of major contracts

  • 23 July 2019

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 4/11: modernising the public procurement rules and implementing the defence and security directive

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 05/11: further measures to promote small business procurement

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy update: April 2011

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 04/11: EU statistics on public procurement, annual return for calendar year 2010

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 05/11: modernising the public procurement rules

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 06/11: amendments to the procurement regulations, including 'Uniplex'

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 8/11: procurement of open source IT

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 10/11: new threshold levels for 2012 and changes in the use of the accelerated restricted procedure

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 11/11: legislative proposals for the revised procurement directives and new directive on concessions

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 02/12: guidance on ICT contracts that exceed £100m

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 03/12: European legislative proposal on third country access to the EU public procurement market

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 04/12: procurement supporting growth, supporting material for departments

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy notes 05/12 and 06/12 - annual EU statistical data collection for 2011

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 08/12: update on modernisation of the European Union procurement rules

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 03/13: promoting tax compliance and procurement

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement for growth

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 05/13: modernising EU procurement rules

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 07/13: EU statistics on public procurement annual return for calendar year 2012

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 08/13: EU statistics on utilities sector procurement annual return for calendar year 2012

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 10/13: new threshold levels for 2014

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 04/14: model services contract

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 06/14: short form terms and conditions

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 06/15: sustainable skills development through major projects

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 10/15: annual statistical returns on public procurement contracts awarded 2013 and 2014

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 15/15: statistics on utilities procurement contracts awarded in 2013 and 2014

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 17/15: Standard EU forms and notices for public procurement

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 18/15: New Threshold Levels 2016

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note (PPN) 04/16: Concession contracts threshold

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 10/16: onerous practices in procurement and contracting

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 04/17: New Threshold Levels 2018

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 03/18: Electronic invoicing in public procurement

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 04/21: Applying Exclusions in Public Procurement, Managing Conflicts of Interest and Whistleblowing

  • 9 September 2021

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 02/19: Preparing for the UK Leaving the EU

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 06/19: New Thresholds 2020

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 01/20: Responding to COVID-19

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 02/20: supplier relief due to coronavirus (COVID-19)

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 03/20: Use of procurement cards - COVID-19

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Policy paper

• Procurement Policy Note 07/20 - Taking account of a bidder's approach to payment in the procurement of major government contracts

  • 31 January 2023

  •  Policy paper

• PPN 09/21: Requirements to publish on Contracts Finder

  • 20 December 2021

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 02/11: published guidance on implementing requirements for greater transparency

  • 18 January 2011

  •  Guidance

• Procurement policy note 07/11: updates to guidance on transparency in procurement and contracting

  • 3 October 2011

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 07/16: Legal requirement to publish on Contracts Finder

  • 19 July 2016

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 02/17: Promoting Greater Transparency

  • 13 December 2017

  •  Guidance

• Procurement Policy Note 07/21: Update to Legal and Policy requirements to publish procurement information on Contracts Finder

  • 24 June 2021

  •  Guidance