Procurement Act 2023. Guidance: exclusions annex 2: national security grounds

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Comprises an annex Procurement Act 2023 exclusions guidance, contract terminations guidance and debarment guidance. Aims to assist in interpreting and understanding the Procurement Act 2023, specifically the procure phase which involves evaluating bidder compliance with exclusion grounds and selecting suitable suppliers for the contract. Looks at: exclusions on the grounds of national security.

Document History

Last updated: 24 June 2026 - Updated to help explain the decision-making process for national security exclusions/termination cases to reduce legal risk. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-guidance-documents-procure-phase/guidance-exclusions-annex-2-national-security-grounds-html and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 24 February 2025. Produced by: the Government Commercial Function, part of the Cabinet Office.

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