Belfast City Council procurement programme is launched

CIAT welcomes the implementation of the Procurement Act 2023, which aims to streamline procurement across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Your views invited.

The Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) met with the Finance Minister, Caoimhe Archibald, as part of a delegation from the Northern Ireland Construction Group (NICG) which brings together the leading construction professional and trade bodies in the region.

CIAT took the opportunity to support a better and more efficient system by streamlining the process.

The government will make it easier for small, local businesses to win public sector contracts, under planned changes to procurement rules.

Homes England will make a change from traditional frameworks to a new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) that it said would allow housebuilders to start to work with it at any time.