The Procurement Bill has completed its passage through the Committee Stage in the House of Commons. The Bill will now progress to Report and Third Reading. Once the Bill receives Royal Assent (which they expect to be later this spring – work will be undertaken to finalise the secondary legislation (Statutory Instruments, or regulations). Following a public consultation, the final version of the secondary legislation will then be laid in Parliament, and the Cabinet Office expect that this would be the earliest point they could give 6 months’ advance notice of go live of the new regime. They expect “go live will be spring 2024 at the earliest”.
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