The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2025
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act | GOV.WALES
The obligations will come into force as follows:
26 March 2026
*Socially responsible procurement duty [s24]
*Socially responsible procurement objectives [s24 and Schedule 2]
*Socially responsible procurement duty: major construction contracts [s25, 28 – 31]
*Socially responsible procurement duty: outsourcing services contracts [s26, 34 to 37)
*Procurement strategies [s38]
*Contracts register [s40]
*Procurement investigations [s41]
1 April 2026
*Annual socially responsible procurement reports [s39]
*Welsh Ministers’ annual report on public procurement [s44]
In2 the bargain 