Public-sector procurement after a no-deal Brexit – what does it mean for businesses?

If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the public procurement regulations will remain broadly unchanged after EU exit. The current regulations will be amended to ensure they remain operable and functional on exit. The majority of the procurement regulations and in particular the different procedures available to contracting authorities and entities, will remain exactly the same. The key difference for contracting authorities would be the need to send notices to a new UK e- notification service instead of the EU Publications Office. Suppliers wishing to access UK contract opportunities from the UK public sector will need to access the new UK e-notification service instead of Tenders Electronic Daily (TED). Suppliers can continue to access the relevant domestic portal, such as Contracts Finder, MOD Defence Contracts Online, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI. The new UK e-notification service will be ready for use by exit day.

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