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Guidance

Procurement Act 2023 guidance documents - Manage phase

These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023

From:
Cabinet Office
Published
2 August 2024
Last updated
20 AugustNovember 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Guidance: Contract Termination (PDF)

PDF, 468 KB, 10 pages

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Guidance: Contract Termination (HTML)

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Guidance: Key Performance Indicators (PDF)

PDF, 455 KB, 6 pages

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Guidance: Contract Performance Notices (PDF)

PDF, 390 KB, 12 pages

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Guidance: Contract Modifications (PDF)

PDF, 548 KB, 17 pages

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Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment (PDF)

PDF, 463 KB, 8 pages

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Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices (PDF)

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These documents are intended to provide technical guidance and help with interpretation and understanding of the Procurement Act 2023.

Updates to this page

Published 2 August 2024
Last updated 20 AugustNovember 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices. Also updated to clarify various policy aspects in response to contracting authority queries, including reporting payments in compliance with section 68(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.

  2. Updated the document: Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices Removed Annex A and updated paragraph 45

  3. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Performance Notice

  4. Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Modification

  5. Added the documents: Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices

  6. Updated main text

  7. Added the documents: Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and Payment Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices

  8. New documents uploaded (Guidance: Contract Modifications)

  9. Added the documents: Guidance: Key Performance Indicators Guidance: Contract Performance Notices

  10. First published.

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Update history

2025-11-20 13:28
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Payments Compliance Notices. Also updated to clarify various policy aspects in response to contracting authority queries, including reporting payments in compliance with section 68(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.

2025-08-20 14:38
Updated the document: Guidance: Payments Compliance NoticesRemoved Annex A and updated paragraph 45

2025-06-26 16:10
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Performance Notice

2025-06-19 15:07
Added guidance links to the document: Guidance: Contract Modification

2025-02-13 10:04
Added the documents:Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and PaymentGuidance: Payments Compliance Notices

2025-02-06 14:34
Updated main text

2025-02-06 14:31
Added the documents:Guidance: Electronic Invoicing and PaymentGuidance: Payments Compliance Notices

2024-09-04 14:16
New documents uploaded (Guidance: Contract Modifications)

2024-08-06 16:19
Added the documents:Guidance: Key Performance IndicatorsGuidance: Contract Performance Notices

2024-08-02 12:31
First published.