Procurement Legislation

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A contract may be defined as a bargain between two or more persons whereby one or more of them undertake to do (or refrain from doing) some act in return for the other parties themselves promising to do (or refraining from doing) some act. A promise is not a contract but in Scotland may still be binding in law.

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The primary function of EU procurement law is to open up public procurement to competition and to ensure the free movement of goods and services within the EU. The EU Public Procurement Directives are implemented in the UK as The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and reflect the UK government's policy that public sector purchasing decisions should be based on value for money achieved through competition.

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The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force from May 2018.  Although many of the GDPR’s main concepts and principles are much the same as those in the current Data Protection Act (DPA), there are new elements and significant enhancements.

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There are a number of pieces of legislation that may be relevant to the contract you are looking to procure and your appointed supplier will need to be competent to adhere to these.

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