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Procurement Act 2023 – guidance summarising the remaining legislative requirements as at March 2026
25 March 2026 Ashley Shelbrooke, Procurement Specialist
Two of the outstanding legislative elements of the Procurement Act 2023 came into effect in January this year, namely Section 69 - publication of payments compliance notices (note that Section 69 will commence on 1 April 2026 for Welsh contracting authorities) and Section 71 - publication of assessment of contract performance for England and Wales.
The UK17 Payments Compliance Notice will report a public body’s average time taken to pay invoices to suppliers, and demonstrates compliance with 30-day payment terms. The notice covers a 6-month reporting period. The first reporting period started on 1 October 2025 and will end 31 March 2026. Publication of UK17 must be made by the end of April 2026 and the notice will go live on FTS on 1 April 2026.
The UK9 Contract Performance Notice will fulfil two functions: recording the performance of suppliers against key performance indicators for public contracts with an estimated value of more than £5m; and recording information relating to particular breaches or failure to perform a public contract.
Guidance
To support contracting authorities, the Cabinet Office have published a comprehensive guidesummarising UK17 and UK9, as well as the two remaining legislative requirements set to be commenced in April this year:
Linking payment to contracts (section 70 implementation): which sets out the obligations to publish information about payments under public contracts.
Below-threshold contracts: contracting authorities will need to ensure suppliers for below-threshold contracts are registered with the Central Digital Platform and publish their unique identifier in the Contract Details Notice. This is a simple process which will only need to be done once. The Cabinet Office have also produced a summary for suppliers to guide them through the short registration process.
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25 March 2026 
Ashley Shelbrooke, Procurement Specialist
