Public-sector procurement from 1 January 2021
Information for public authorities, businesses and other organisations on the outcome for public procurement policy from 1 January 2021.
The UK has left the EU
This page tells you what you’ll need to do from 1 January 2021. It’ll be updated if anything changes.
You can read about the transition period.
From 1 January 2021 a new e-notification service called Find a Tender will be used to post and view public sector procurement notices.
Advice for Contracting Authorities
You will need to publish public procurement notices through Find a Tender. This service will go live on 1 January 2021. It will replace the requirement to publish notices in the Official Journal of the European Union.
If you use a third party ‘eSender’ to manage your procurement notices, you will be able to continue to use them provided that they have confirmed they can publish notices to Find a Tender.
The following eSenders have completed this work:
- Adam
- ADB (UK) Limited
- Atamis Limited
- BiP Solutions
- European Dynamics
- EU Supply
- In-Tend Ltd
- Jaggaer
- Millstream Associates (part of Proactis)
- Proactis
- Sourcedogg
- Wax Digital
If you do not use an eSender and/or intend to publish notices directly to Find a Tender, you will need to register with the service. This can be done now by creating a buyer’s account on Contracts Finder. All Contracts Finder accounts will automatically be given access to publish notices on Find a Tender.
Advice for Business
From 1 January 2021, you will be able to use Find a Tender to view public procurement notices published by UK contracting authorities.
You will still be able to use existing portals such as Contracts Finder, MOD Defence Contracts Online, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI to view low value or location specific notices.
Last updated 24 April 2020 + show all updates