11 June 2021 
Ashley Shelbrooke, HEPA and Project Specialist
Following on from the announcement of further details on the Procurement Bill, the Cabinet Office have released the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS).
You can download the Statement on gov.uk here, including the following PDFs:
The NPPS states that contracting authorities should consider the following national priority outcomes alongside any additional local priorities in their procurement activities:
The PPN states that contracting authorities should publish procurement pipelines as follows:
Cabinet Office Minister, Lord Agnew, said:
"The public sector across the UK, from hospitals and schools to central government, police forces and universities, spends about £290 billion a year through public procurement.
The huge power of that expenditure must support us in tackling some of the most important issues we face today, from generating economic growth and helping our communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, to supporting the transition to net zero.
With the new statement, procurement teams will have to consider those issues as well as making sure they deliver top-quality public services that are good value for the taxpayer."
