Resource library

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

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

Belfast City Council have announced their procurement programme looking to support businesses to improve their tendering and procurement performance.

As the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK, CCS aims to use its commercial expertise to help buyers across central government, public and third sectors.

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

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.

New portal up and running from 23:00 on 31 December.

Your views invited.

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.

Our Introduction to Public Procurement films, available on the CIAT website, aim to support members, affiliates and built environment professionals in understanding how public sector procurement works.

The Cabinet Office has confirmed that it will tighten the rules on its prompt payment standards to ensure that contractors pay their suppliers on time.