Key Policy Principles and Supporting Guidance

The key Policy Principles underpinning public sector procurement reflect the key priority areas for OGC: Delivering value for money, ensuring that government projects deliver, getting the best from the government’s civil estate and delivering other policy goals through procurement for example environmental sustainability or innovation. The selection of policy documents contained within this section of the framework will provide you with a clear articulation of the policy boundaries surrounding public sector procurement.Please select an area below to browse the policy documents:

Key commercial policies underpinning public sector procurement:

• Delivering Value for Money
• Collaboration
• Market Management 
• Ensuring that Government Projects Deliver - PPM
• Getting the Best for the Government's Civil Estate
• Contract Management

Delivering policy through procurement goals:

• Environmental Sustainability - Operations and Procurement
• Social Issues in Procurement
• Promoting Skills Through Public Procurement
• Innovation
• Creating Opportunities for SMEs and Third Sector Organisations

Procurement Capability is a key enabler that will help you deliver the above policies in your procurement.

Please click on the link below for further information: Procurement Capability

OGC issues procurement policy notes (PPNs) to public sector organisations, to provide guidance on, or request information about, specific areas of public procurement policy. Please click on the link for more information: Procurement Policy Notes.

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