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Procurement policy
Understand the legislation underpinning procurement policy in the Home Office.
Fair and open competition
The Home Office is required to procure all its goods and services through fair and open competition and is required to comply with the regularity framework set out in the EU Public Procurement Directives where applicable.
Not all procurement is within the framework of the directives, though all procurement must comply with the principles of the Treaty of Rome/accession Treaty.
In essence this sets down principles and procedures to prevent discrimination against suppliers from any member state and to remove restrictions on moving goods and services freely.
All procurements that exceed the EU Public Procurement Directives thresholds (which are revised periodically) are advertised in the supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) (new window) via a contract notice. The contract notice allows expressions of interest in any of the requirements advertised.
For more information
You can find information about the EU Public Procurement Directives and Regulations on the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) website (new window).
More detailed guidance on policy can be found in the suppliers guide.
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