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1. On 26 April the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, announced the next steps in implementing the Government’s radical and ambitious programme to ensure that the huge purchasing power of the public sector is used to support growth, building on the announcements made on 21 November 2011 and published in the 2011 Autumn Statement. This programme of reform is designed to support growth and UK businesses, including SMEs.
2. This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) provides departments, their agencies and NDPBs with a range of supporting material to assist in implementing these commitments, including a checklist that they must follow in order to operate the presumption against competitive dialogue, and further supporting material to assist with conducting early supplier engagement including a Mythbusting Factsheet.