Following the UK’s exit from the European Union in 2020, the government proposed the Procurement Act 2023, a reform with the following four main goals:

This inquiry concerns whether a framework was created independently by a private organization or by an agent working on behalf of a Contracting Authority.

“A contract between a contracting authority and one or more suppliers that provides for the future award of contracts by a contracting authority to the supplier or suppliers” is how the Procurement Act 2023 (Act) defines a framework.

In order to establish and manage the framework, a non-contracting authority would need to be functioning as the designated contracting authority’s agent.

The Cabinet Office’s Framework guidelines now use the term “agent,” which clarifies the role that organizations like Pagabo play in legally establishing and managing frameworks on these topics.

Allowing social enterprises and small businesses to compete for and win more public contracts by opening up public procurement to newcomers

Stricter measures against poor performing suppliers and the exclusion of those who provide an intolerable risk

Integrating greater openness throughout the business lifecycle

All goals are to maximize the enormous opportunity to embrace flexibility and innovation while also improving the new procurement regime.