Procurement Act 2023

Section 3

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Threshold amounts

1 (1) The threshold amount for a contract of a type referred to in the second column of the table below is as set out in the corresponding row of the third column. U.K.

	Type of contract	Threshold amount
1	Defence and security contract that is a works contract	£5,336,937
2	Defence and security contract that is a concession contract	£5,336,937
3	Defence and security contract not within row 1, 2 or 8	£426,955
4	Utilities contract that is a works contract	£5,336,937
5	Utilities contract that is a light touch contract	£884,720
6	Utilities contract not within row 3, 4 or 5	£426,955
7	Light touch contract that is a concession contract	£5,336,937
8	Light touch contract not within row 5 or 7	£663,540
9	Concession contract not within row 2, 6 or 7	£5,336,937
10	Works contract not within row 1, 4 or 9	£5,336,937
11	Contract for the supply of goods, services or works to a central government authority not within any other row	£138,760
12	Contract for the supply of goods, services or works to a sub-central government authority not within any other row	£213,477

(2) See section 7(3) in relation to the application of the thresholds in the table to certain contracts concerning defence and security.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I2 Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(r)

2 U.K. An appropriate authority may by regulations amend this Schedule for the purpose of amending the threshold amount for—

(a) a type of contract in any of rows 4, 6 or 9 to 12 of the table in order to reflect an amendment to the corresponding threshold for contracts of that type in the United Kingdom’s Coverage Schedule to the GPA;

(b) the type of contract in row 1 in order to reflect an amendment to the threshold amount for the type of contract in row 10;

(c) the type of contract in row 2, in order to reflect an amendment to the threshold amount for the type of contract in row 9;

(d) the type of contract in row 3, in order to reflect an amendment to the threshold amount for the type of contract in row 6.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 1 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I4 Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(r)

3 U.K. An appropriate authority may by regulations amend this Schedule for the purpose of amending the threshold amount for —

(a) any type of light touch contract in row 5, 7 or 8 of the table;

(b) any type of defence and security contract in rows 1 to 3 where the amendment is not within paragraph 2.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 1 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I6 Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(r)

4 U.K. A contract is a “works contract” if its main purpose is—

(a) the carrying out of works under the contract (whether or not resulting in a complete work), or

(b) to facilitate the carrying out of works otherwise than under the contract, where those works are intended to result in a complete work that complies with specifications set out in, or determined under, the contract.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 1 para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I8 Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(r)

5 (1) In this Schedule— U.K.

• “central government authority” means a contracting authority specified, or of a description specified, in regulations made by an appropriate authority;

• “complete work” means a functioning structure that results from the carrying out of works;

• the “GPA” means the Agreement on Government Procurement signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, as amended from time to time;

• “sub-central government authority” means a contracting authority that is not—

  (a)

  a central government authority, or

  (b)

  a private utility or a public undertaking;

• “works” has the meaning given by regulations made by an appropriate authority.

(2) In this Schedule—

(a) a reference to a contract for the supply of goods, services or works to a particular kind of authority includes a reference to a framework for the future award of such contracts;

(b) a reference to a works contract includes a reference to a framework for the future award of works contracts.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 1 para. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 127(2)

I10 Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 12.3.2024 by S.I. 2024/361, reg. 2(r)