Procurement in a Nutshell: Section 69 (Payment Compliance Notices) & Section 71 (Contract Performance Assessment)
2nd April, 2026
The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No.4) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1316) set out key provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 which have come into effect in stages, the latest instalment commencing 1 April 2026.
The Regulations
From 1 January 2026, section 69 (Payment Compliance Notices) and section 71 (Contract Performance Assessment) came into force. From 1 April 2026, the latest instalment of these rules took effect, namely section 69 (Welsh Related Procurements) and section 70 (Information about Payments).
What does this mean?
Section 69
The Regulations from 1 April 2026 will bring into force section 69 PA 2023 (Payment Compliance Notices) in respect of a procurement regulated by the Welsh Ministers.
Section 70
From 1 April 2026, a contracting authority must publish specified information about any payment of more than £30,000 made by the authority under a public contract.
The information must be published before the end of the 30 day period beginning with the last day of the quarter in which the payment is made.
This section does not apply in relation to a public contract that is –
- A utilities contract awarded by a private utility
- A concession contract
- Awarded by a school
- Awarded by a transferred Northern Ireland authority, unless it is awarded as part of a procurement under a reserved procurement arranged or devolved Welsh procurement arrangement
- Awarded as part of a procurement under a transferred Northern Ireland procurement arrangement
For further information please contact Melanie Pears or Tim Care in our Public Sector Team.
Procurement and public law update
Date: 14 May 2026
Time: 9.am – 11.30 am
Location: Ward Hadaway, 10 Chapel Walks, Manchester, M2 1HL, UK
Our in-person Procurement and Public Law Update covers the new procurement rules and their increased transparency requirements.
This seminar will look at what those changes have meant in practice since both the new Act and the new NHS regime came into force. We will give practical tips on how to manage procurements now and how to deal with the risks of challenge when the timescales are so tight.
Register here to join this free session with procurement law experts Tim Care and Matthew Brady.
Please note that this briefing is designed to be informative, not advisory and represents our understanding of English law and practice as at the date indicated. We would always recommend that you should seek specific guidance on any particular legal issue.
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