Procurement Act 2023
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision about procurement.
Citation2023 c. 54
Introduced byJeremy Quin, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Commons)
The Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent26 October 2023
CommencementOn royal assent and by regulations.
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Procurement Act 2023 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Procurement Act 2023[1] (c. 54) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The act seeks to overhaul public procurement law in the United Kingdom by simplifying processes and giving a greater share of public sector supply opportunities to small businesses. It is one of the most radical reforms affecting businesses since Brexit:[2] the government sees it as "throwing complicated and bureaucratic EU rules into the bin [and] stripping back red tape".[3] The government held a consultation in 2023 on how to implement the act's provisions including by supplementary provision by regulations.[4]

Parliamentary passage

The bill for the act was introduced to the House of Lords by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 11 May 2022 and had its third reading in the House of Commons, after being introduced by Jeremy Quin, on 13 June 2023. The act was significantly amended when travelling through Parliament and there was a stand-off with both Houses during the wash-up period leading up to the 2023 prorogation of Parliament about the final form of the act and whether organ harvesting should be included in the act. The act was finally agreed to on 25 October 2023 and received royal assent on 26 October 2023.[5]

A proposal allowing for companies who engage in forced organ harvesting to be excluded from public procurement opportunities was added during the bill's passage through the House of Lords, but later withdrawn because the broader provisions on professional misconduct would already cover this issue.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Procurement Act 2023".
  2. ↑ "Small businesses to benefit from one of the largest shake ups to procurement regulations in UK history". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ↑ This article contains OGL licensed text This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: Cabinet Office, Op-ed: New procurement rules will strengthen our national security, originally published in the Daily Telegraph, published 30 October 2023, accessed 15 November 2023
  4. ↑ "Part 2 Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill". GOV.UK. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Parliamentary Bills".
  6. ↑ UK Parliament, Procurement Bill completes passage through Parliament, published 26 October 2023, accessed 12 November 2023
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