The Public Contracts Regulations 2015

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

Where an entity listed in this Schedule is succeeded by another entity, which is itself a contracting authority, the successor entity shall be deemed to be included in this Schedule.

• Cabinet Office

  • Office of the Parliamentary Counsel

  • Crown Commercial Service

• Charity Commission

• Crown Estate Commissioners (Vote Expenditure Only)

• Crown Prosecution Service

• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  • Competition and Markets Authority

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England

  • Intellectual Property Office

  • Met Office

  • National Measurement Office

  • Office of Manpower Economics

• Department of Communities and Local Government

  • Rent Assessment Panels

• Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • British Library

  • British Museum

  • Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

  • The Gambling Commission

  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage)

  • Imperial War Museum

  • Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

  • National Gallery

  • National Maritime Museum

  • National Portrait Gallery

  • Natural History Museum

  • Science Museum

  • Tate Gallery

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

  • Wallace Collection

• Department for Education

• Department for Energy and Climate Change

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees

  • Agricultural Land Tribunals

  • Cattle Breeding Centre

  • Countryside Agency

  • Plant Variety Rights Office

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

• Department of Health

  • NHS Business Services Authority

  • NHS Trusts

• Department for International Development

• Department of the Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor

  • Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers

• Department for Transport

  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency

• Department for Work and Pensions

  • Health and Safety Executive

  • Independent Tribunal Service

  • Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

  • Medical Boards and Examining Medical Officers (War Pensions)

  • Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

  • Pensions Ombudsman

  • Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman

  • Regional Medical Service

  • Social Security Advisory Committee

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Wilton Park Conference Centre

• Government Actuary’s Department

• GCHQ

• Home Office

  • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

• House of Commons

• House of Lords

• Ministry of Defence

  • Defence Equipment & Support

  • Defence Infrastructure Organisation

  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratories

• Ministry of Justice

  • Boundary Commission for England

  • Combined Tax Tribunal

  • Council on Tribunals

  • Court of Appeal — Criminal

  • Employment Appeals Tribunal

  • Employment Tribunals

  • HMCS Regions, Crown, County and Combined Courts (England and Wales)

  • Immigration Appellate Authorities

  • Immigration Adjudicators

  • Immigration Appeals Tribunal

  • Lands Tribunal

  • Law Commission

  • Legal Aid Agency (England and Wales)

  • Office of the Social Security Commissioners

  • Parole Board and Local Review Committees

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunals

  • Public Trust Office

  • Supreme Court Group (England and Wales)

  • Transport Tribunal

• The National Archives

• National Audit Office

• National Savings and Investments

• Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland

• Office of Fair Trading

• Office for National Statistics

  • National Health Service Central Register

• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

• Paymaster General’s Office

• Privy Council Office

• HM Revenue and Customs

• Royal Hospital, Chelsea

• Royal Mint

• Rural Payments Agency

• HM Treasury

  • United Kingdom Debt Management Office

• Northern Ireland, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

  • Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority

• Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

  • Armagh Observatory

  • Armagh Planetarium

  • Arts Council of Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Library Authority

  • Northern Ireland Screen

  • Northern Ireland Museums Council

  • National Museums Northern Ireland

  • Sport NI

• Northern Ireland, Department of Education

  • Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

  • Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta

  • Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

  • Education and Library Boards

  • Exceptional Circumstances Body

  • General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

  • Middletown Centre for Autism

  • Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

  • Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards

  • Youth Council for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland, Department for Employment and Learning

  • Belfast Metropolitan College

  • Construction Industry Training Board - ConstructionSkills NI

  • Labour Relations Agency

  • Northern Regional College

  • North West Regional College

  • South Eastern Regional College

  • Southern Regional College

  • South West College

  • Stranmillis University College

  • Ulster Supported Employment Limited

• Northern Ireland, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

  • Consumer Council for Northern Ireland

  • Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland

  • Invest Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Tourist Board

• Northern Ireland, Department of the Environment

  • Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee

  • Local Government Staff Commission

  • Northern Ireland Environment Agency

• Northern Ireland, Department of Finance and Personnel

  • Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee

  • Statistics Advisory Committee

  • Public service Commission for Northern Ireland

  • Lay Observer for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

  • Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

  • Regional Business Services Organisation

  • Regional Health and Social Care Board

  • Northern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust

  • Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service

  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

  • Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency

  • Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency

  • Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery

  • Northern Ireland Social Care Council

  • Patient and Client Council

  • Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being

  • Health and Social care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority

  • South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Southern Health and Social Care Trust

  • Western Health and Social Care Trust

• Northern Ireland, Department of Justice

  • Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice

  • Northern Ireland Law Commission

  • Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission

  • Northern Ireland Policing Board

  • Northern Ireland Policing Fund

  • Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman

  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland

  • Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland

  • Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust

  • Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • RUC George Cross Foundation

• Northern Ireland, Department for Regional Development

• Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development

  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive

  • The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

  • Attorney General for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland

  • Commissioner for Victims and Survivors

  • Community Relations Council

  • Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

  • ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited

  • Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation

  • Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission

  • Strategic Investment Board

  • Planning and Water Appeals Commission

  • Victims and Survivors Service Ltd

• Scotland, Auditor-General

• Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

• Scotland, General Register Office

• Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer

• Scotland, Registers of Scotland

• The Scotland Office

• The Scottish Ministers

  • Architecture and Design Scotland

  • Community Health Partnerships

  • Court of Session

  • Crofting Commission

  • Health Boards

  • High Court of Justiciary

  • HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

  • Keeper of the Records of Scotland

  • Lands Tribunal for Scotland

  • National Galleries of Scotland

  • National Library of Scotland

  • National Museums of Scotland

  • Office of the Social Security Commissioners

  • Parole Board for Scotland

  • Pensions Appeal Tribunals

  • Revenue Scotland

  • Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

  • Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council

  • Scottish Land Court

  • Scottish Law Commission

  • Sheriff Courts

  • Scottish Police Agency

  • Special Health Boards

  • The Office of the Accountant of Court

  • The Private Rented Housing Panel and Private Rented Housing Committees

• The Scottish Parliamentary Body Corporate

• UK Export Finance

• Higher Education Funding Council Wales

• Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales

• Rent Assessment Committees

• The Wales Assembly Parliamentary Service

• Welsh Language Commissioner

• The Wales Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Wales)

• The Welsh Ministers

  • Arts Council of Wales

  • Care Council for Wales

  • National Museum Wales

  • National Library of Wales

  • Natural Resources Wales

  • Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

  • Sport Wales

• Welsh NHS Bodies