The Cabinet Office is responsible for the learning and development programme to support those operating within the new regime, available for free.
Find out more about the learning and development on the Cabinet Office TPP hub.
Transforming Public Procurement
What is Transforming Public Procurement?
The Cabinet Office is leading the Transforming Public Procurement (TPP) programme.
In March 2024 the Procurement Regulations 2024 were laid in Parliament to bring some elements of the Bill and the wider regime into effect. This statutory instrument (SI), a form of secondary legislation, is available to view.
The Procurement Act 2023 came into force on 24 February 2025. You can view the new Procurement Act on the UK legislation website, and the official record of the Bill’s progress through Parliament, with all supporting documents available to read on the Parliamentary website.
A new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) was laid in Parliament on 13 February 2025 and came into force alongside the new Procurement Act.
Transforming Public Procurement: your questions answered
The Procurement Act is the name given to the legislation that will reform the existing rules. It received Royal Assent in October 2023.
Secondary legislation was laid in March 2024. There the new regime went live on Monday 24 February 2025.
For Crown Commercial Service customers, this means that agreements which release their Invitation To Tender (ITT) on or after Monday 24 February 2025 will be let under the new regime.
Agreements that released their ITT before this date will be governed by the existing Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015) and will continue unchanged for their lifecycle.
Awarding commercial agreements under the new regime will be new for everyone – including us at Crown Commercial Service (CCS).
This means our pipeline of commercial agreements going out under the new regime is likely to change because CCS is implementing the new regime at the same time as undertaking our normal activities. We will be continually reviewing and amending the priority list. To ensure you are using the latest information in any decision making, we recommend you check back regularly.
The implementation of TPP is led by the Cabinet Office. Crown Commercial Service does not own the Act or the associated training packages.
However, Transforming Public Procurement effects CCS in 2 important ways:
- As a public procurement organisation, we must make sure that when the new regulations go live, our agreements are let under these regulations
- As a contracting authority ourselves, we must prepare our organisation and ensure we can run robust procurement under the new regime
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Procurement Act 2023
Questions about the Procurement Act 2023, changes to policies, guidance and PPNs, the Central Digital Platform, the Learning and Development, the Debarment list and work of the Procurement Review Unit should be put to Cabinet Office procurement.reform@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
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Our implementation approach
For questions about our commercial pipeline or how we are implementing TPP, contact info@crowncommercial.gov.uk.