PA23 Guidance

Procurement Act 2023- Guidance can be found here. These documents cover all aspects of the Procurement Act 2023 and are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding.

For a summary of terms, please review the TPP Glossary.

Pre-qualification of suppliers

The Cabinet Office has recently completed a review of the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) PPN 03/24 which can be found here. You can also find the Debarment list here.

For pre-qualification of construction procurements the Common Assessment Standard (CAS) should be used. The new version of CAS was released by Build UK on 1 July 2024. CAS replaces the PAS91which is no longer maintained and has formally been withdrawn by BSI.

Tendering Tools

PA23 templates are available here: https://www.lupc.ac.uk/resources/tools/

WEBINAR - Tender Documentation Templates (PA2023)

A webinar was delivered by Brodies LLP on 16 January 2025 and a repeat session on 6 February 2025, demonstrating how the templates can be used and how they can benefit your organisation. 

PA2023 Procurement Document Templates RECORDING 

PA2023 Procurement Document Templates Slides

PA2023 Procurement Document Templates Q&A