Public Procurement Transparency Policy Paper Alert

• Published date: 16 August 2022
• Law Firm: Gowling WLG
• Author: Ms Alison Richards, Simon Harris and Philipp Borisov

On 30 June 2022, the Cabinet Office published a policy paper, "Transforming Public Procurement - our transparency ambition" ("Paper"). The Paper introduced a number of public procurement transparency reforms in furtherance of the new transparency agenda, as set out in the Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper and the recent Procurement Bill. Please see our Transforming Public Procurement Webinar from February 2021 for a detailed review of the proposed changes in the Green Paper.

The Paper explains how information will be made more accessible by the public sector through the use of centralised information systems, additional disclosure and reporting obligations.

The transparency reforms

The Paper sets out three central reforms that aim to increase transparency in public procurement:

1. New procurement notices which cover the entirety of the procurement process from planning to contract...