The NPPS aims to enhance procurement skills and systems within public sector organizations, promoting training and stronger commercial expertise among teams.

Buyers should evaluate their procurement processes against NPPS aims, identifying opportunities and potential challenges.

Contracting authorities are required to integrate the NPPS objectives into their procurement activities, with limited exceptions.

The NPPS establishes strategic priorities for public sector procurement, emphasizing the importance of value for money while supporting five governmental missions.

Public sector buyers must document their decision-making processes to demonstrate how they considered NPPS goals during procurement.

To maximize public spending value, the NPPS focuses on three core pathways: driving economic growth, delivering social and economic value, and building commercial capability.

Public procurement is encouraged to bolster local and national economic development by engaging with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) suppliers.

This integration mandates that contracting authorities ensure the NPPS informs their planning, decision-making, and delivery processes.

Authorities must also document their adherence to the NPPS, noting any challenges or trade-offs encountered throughout the procurement process.

On February 24, 2025, the UK Government introduced the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS), which operates alongside the Procurement Act 2023.

All personnel involved in procurement, including strategic leaders, need to understand the NPPS and apply its aims in their practices.

Recommended actions include creating plans to enhance collaboration with SME and VCSE suppliers, identifying upskilling needs for commercial capability, and reviewing policies on modern slavery and carbon neutrality.