{"id":2667,"date":"2021-08-18T09:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2021-08-18T12:32:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:32:54","slug":"changes-to-scottish-procurement-legislation-following-the-uks-exit-from-the-eu-sppn-5-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2021\/08\/18\/changes-to-scottish-procurement-legislation-following-the-uks-exit-from-the-eu-sppn-5-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Scottish procurement legislation following the UK\u2019s exit from the EU SPPN 5\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have published a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/sppn-5-2021-changes-to-scottish-procurement-legislation-following-the-uks-exit-from-the-eu\/\">Scottish Procurement Policy Note SPPN 5\/2021<\/a>, to inform of changes to procurement legislation that have arisen from the UK\u2019s exit from the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, following the UK\u2019s exit from the EU, the UK has become a member of the World Trade Organisation\u2019s (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) as a party in its own right.\u00a0 Thus requiring technical changes to be made to public procurement rules.<\/p>\n<p>All amendments have been technical in nature and have no significant impact on the application of public procurement rules.<\/p>\n<p>The UK has also become party to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the EU, which has been implemented into UK law without any changes being required to procurement legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Updates to the public procurement systems in Scotland have been implemented to ensure these are compatible with the relevant post-EU agreements and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This note covers the changes to procurement legislation that have arisen from the UK\u2019s exit from the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":633,"featured_media":1949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,10,55,68,218],"tags":[70,120,31,111,13,12,6,158,97,90],"class_list":["post-2667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement-legislation","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement","category-scottish-procurement-policy-note","category-video","tag-policy-note","tag-procurement","tag-public-procurement","tag-public-sector","tag-public-sector-procurement","tag-scottish-government-procurement","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-scottish-procurement-policy-note","tag-scottish-public-sector","tag-sppn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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