tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/organisations/government-commercial-function HM Government 2025-03-04T12:21:31Z /government/publications/national-procurement-policy-statement#2025-03-04T12:21:31Z 2025-03-04T12:21:31Z

This NPPS sets out strategic priorities for public procurement and how contracting authorities can support their delivery, and will come into effect 24 February 2025.

/government/publications/the-sourcing-and-consultancy-playbooks#2025-02-26T11:29:52Z 2025-02-26T11:29:52Z

Key policies and guidance for making sourcing decisions for the delivery of public services

/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides#2025-02-24T08:36:34Z 2025-02-24T08:36:34Z

Short guides, videos and animations on the key benefits of the Procurement Act, covering timelines and suggested considerations and next steps for Contracting Authorities and Suppliers

/government/news/new-government-chief-commercial-officer-announced#2025-02-04T10:30:02Z 2025-02-04T10:30:02Z

Andrew Forzani has been appointed Government Chief Commercial Officer to steer the cross-government commercial community in delivering the Plan for Change.

/government/publications/update-on-the-official-learning-and-development-offer-for-contracting-authorities#2025-01-29T14:52:50Z 2025-01-29T14:52:50Z

This page outlines the comprehensive, centrally-funded learning and development package being provided by the Cabinet Office.

/government/publications/commercial-operating-standards-for-government#2025-01-21T14:20:35Z 2025-01-21T14:20:35Z

The Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework is designed to help drive continuous improvement in commercial practices across the public sector.

/government/publications/government-commercial-organisation#2024-11-26T15:25:00Z 2024-11-26T15:25:00Z

An overview of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) and where it sits with the Government Commercial Function (GCF).

/government/publications/tpp-knowledge-drop-supporting-factsheets#2024-11-20T12:37:01Z 2024-11-20T12:37:01Z

Supporting factsheets to accompany the official TPP Knowledge Drops to help build awareness and understanding regarding exemptions and the general regime

/government/publications/government-commercial-function-annual-report-2023-2024#2024-11-04T00:00:00Z 2024-11-04T00:00:00Z

The Government Commercial Function has published its Annual Report for 2023-2024

/guidance/national-procurement-policy-statement-stakeholder-survey#2024-10-07T14:15:48Z 2024-10-07T14:15:48Z

This is a survey to inform development of the new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS)

/government/publications/raising-standards-our-ambition#2024-09-18T14:35:25Z 2024-09-18T14:35:25Z

This document outlines the Procurement Review Unit’s (PRU) ambitions, and how the new unit will support the Procurement Act 2023.

/government/publications/commercial-generic-role-profile-guidance-document#2024-07-08T09:45:44Z 2024-07-08T09:45:44Z

This document provides guidance on how to use the Commercial Generic Role Profiles including how they can be tailored by departments for recruitment purposes.

/government/publications/commercial-directorchief-commercial-officer#2024-07-08T09:44:58Z 2024-07-08T09:44:58Z

This Commercial Generic Role Profile outlines the role for a Senior Commercial Specialist, SCS2/SCS3 equivalent within the Government Commercial Function.

/government/publications/enabling#2024-07-08T09:44:36Z 2024-07-08T09:44:36Z

Roles in this pillar include the key commercial management practices which provide support to commercial teams within and across departments. These include commercial risk management, systems and information, capability and resourcing and continuous improvement. Please note that not all of these roles are necessarily commercial professional roles in each department.

/government/publications/cross-pillar#2024-07-08T09:44:21Z 2024-07-08T09:44:21Z

Roles in this pillar cover the management of the overall commercial lifecycle. Key aspects include strategy and policy development, understanding needs, sourcing options, contract and supplier management and the procurement process itself.Activities include the development and execution of category management strategies, leading supplier negotiations as required and delivering timely and effective support, guidance and expertise to the business.

/government/publications/contract-and-supplier-management#2024-07-08T09:43:59Z 2024-07-08T09:43:59Z

Roles in this pillar include contract management; from preparing for contract commencement, to defining transition plans as well as governance activities such as managing risk, change control and dispute management. They also span supplier relationship management at an operational level or at a strategic level across multiple contracts.

/government/publications/procurement-process#2024-07-08T09:43:38Z 2024-07-08T09:43:38Z

Roles in this pillar looks to manage all stages of the procurement process, from gathering requirements, to handing over the contract to contract and supplier management.

/government/publications/understanding-needs-and-sourcing#2024-07-08T09:43:21Z 2024-07-08T09:43:21Z

Through market analysis and pre-market engagement, roles in this pillar look to define and communicate business needs, identifying and understanding business goals and articulating its strategic direction.

/government/publications/strategy-and-policy-development#2024-07-08T09:42:54Z 2024-07-08T09:42:54Z

Roles in this pillar look to contribute to aligning and implementing strategies, policies and plans against the organisation’s overall vision, objectives, strategy and financial plan.

/government/publications/the-official-procurement-act-2023-e-learning#2024-04-21T23:00:00Z 2024-04-21T23:00:00Z

Information on how to access the official Procurement Act 2023 learning modules