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Policy

OGC takes the lead across Government on public procurement policy and standards, and represents the UK on public procurement in the EU and WTO. Our goal is to become the authoritative source of advice on procurement across Whitehall and help achieve better, more effective and legally compliant procurement outcomes. The size of Government spend puts it in a strong position to achieve more than just value for money, and OGC provides advice to Departments on how they can use their spend to bring about positive change across other agendas such as social equality, innovation and for SMEs.

Policy and Standards framework

Welcome to the Policy and Standards Framework, a new on-line portal to guide you through the key principles and processes of public procurement, helping you understand "what to do" and "how to do it".

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OGC's Supplier Feedback Service

The OGC Supplier Feedback Service (formerly the Complaints Function) was established in April 2007. The main aims of the function are: To provide a clear, structured and direct route for suppliers to raise concerns about public procurement practice when attempts at resolving issues with a contracting authority have failed. To provide reasoned feedback to enquirers on their concerns. To help OGC identify areas of poor procurement practice so it can work with the contracting authority to put them right, and help ensure similar cases do not arise in future. To take action to reduce the likelihood of similar issues arising in other authorities.

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Procurement Policy Notes

OGC's Procurement Policy Division issues procurement policy notes (PPNs) to public sector organisations, to provide guidance on, or request information about, areas of public procurement policy.

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Competitive Dialogue

As a new procedure, Competitive Dialogue (CD) will take time to bed down and for procurers and suppliers to gain experience in its use and address the issues which arise.

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Social Issues

Buy and Make a Difference  - Social Issues in Public Procurement can be found here.

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Supply2.gov.uk

Supply2.gov.uk is the only official Government lower-value (typically below £100,000) contract opportunity portal, created by the Government to provide small businesses with access to lower-value public sector contracts - a huge potential market expected to exceed £175 Billion* this year within the UK alone.

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Supported Businesses Directory

The Supported Businesses Directory managed by the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE), is an on-line directory of supported factories and businesses.  The directory is an aid for procurers looking to source products and services under Article 19 of the Public Sector Procurement Directive and contains searchable listings of businesses and their products and services.

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General Procurement Lifecycle- Contract Management

This describes the key elements required in effectively managing the post award contract management phase of your procurement.

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Competitive Dialogue Resources

As a new procedure, Competitive Dialogue (CD) will take time to bed down and for procurers and suppliers to gain experience in its use and address the issues which arise.

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