Rules Watch
Procurement rule changes, by market
What a bidder must do or may expect changes when a funder revises its procurement regulations, a market passes a new procurement law, thresholds are reset, or the notice format changes. Each entry below links the publisher’s official text and carries GLODA’s reviewed summary with its confidence and review date. Sign in to watch a market and get rule changes in your alert digest.
Rule version: rules-watch-v1 · source coverage
2025
- United States (federal)RegulationAdopted — not yet in force
US Federal Acquisition Regulation overhaul (Executive Order 14275)
- Published
- 15 Apr 2025
- Applies from
- see the source
- Publisher
- US General Services Administration (acquisition.gov)
Executive Order 14275 of 15 April 2025, “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement”, directed a rewrite of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to remove provisions not required by statute. Agencies are applying the rewritten parts through class deviations ahead of formal rulemaking, so the text governing a given solicitation depends on the agency and the date. Bidders should check the solicitation’s stated FAR provisions rather than assume the pre-2025 text.
Affects: framework · procedures
- United KingdomLawIn force
UK Procurement Act 2023 in force
- Published
- 26 Oct 2023
- Applies from
- 24 Feb 2025
- Publisher
- UK Parliament (legislation.gov.uk)
The Procurement Act 2023 replaced the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (and the utilities, concessions and defence regulations) for covered procurements in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that begin on or after 24 February 2025. It introduces the competitive flexible procedure, assessment summaries to every tenderer, a mandatory standstill of eight working days from the contract award notice, the central digital platform, and new exclusion and debarment provisions. Procurements begun before that date continue under the earlier regulations.
Affects: framework · procedures · standstill · debriefing · exclusion grounds
- United KingdomRegulationIn force
The Procurement Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/692)
- Published
- 22 May 2024
- Applies from
- 24 Feb 2025
- Publisher
- UK Government (legislation.gov.uk)
Secondary legislation under the Procurement Act 2023 setting the detail the Act leaves to regulations: notice contents and timing, the information to be published on the central digital platform, and other procedural particulars. It applies alongside the Act from the Act’s commencement.
Affects: notice format · procedures · transparency
2024
- South AfricaLawAdopted — not yet in force
South Africa Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024
- Published
- 23 Jul 2024
- Applies from
- see the source
- Publisher
- Republic of South Africa (gov.za)
The Public Procurement Act, 2024 (Act No. 28 of 2024) was assented to in July 2024 and is intended to replace the preferential-procurement framework with a single procurement law for all organs of state, including a Public Procurement Office within National Treasury and a preferential-procurement chapter. It comes into operation on a date fixed by proclamation, section by section; until then the existing framework continues to apply.
Affects: framework · preferential procurement
- European UnionThresholdsIn force
EU procurement thresholds for 2024–2025 (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2495 and companions)
- Published
- 16 Nov 2023
- Applies from
- 01 Jan 2024
- Publisher
- European Union (Official Journal)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2495 revised the application thresholds of Directive 2014/24/EU for 2024 and 2025, with companion regulations 2023/2496 (utilities), 2023/2497 (concessions) and 2023/2510 (defence and security). Under 2023/2495 the thresholds applying from 1 January 2024 are EUR 5,538,000 for works, EUR 221,000 for supplies and services of sub-central authorities and EUR 143,000 for central government authorities. Thresholds are revised every two years; the next revision applies from 1 January 2026.
Affects: thresholds
2023
- European UnionNotice formatIn force
TED eForms mandatory for all EU procurement notices
- Published
- 23 Sept 2019
- Applies from
- 25 Oct 2023
- Publisher
- European Union (Official Journal)
From 25 October 2023 every notice published on Tenders Electronic Daily must use the eForms standard forms established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 (as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2303), replacing the previous TED forms. eForms carry structured fields for lots, values, buyers and procedures, which is what makes machine-readable notice data possible.
Affects: notice format · eforms · lots
- World BankRegulationIn force
World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers — Fifth Edition
- Published
- 01 Sept 2023
- Applies from
- see the source
- Publisher
- World Bank Group
The World Bank issued the Fifth Edition of its Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing Borrowers in September 2023. The Regulations govern how Borrowers procure goods, works, non-consulting and consulting services under Bank-financed projects: the procurement methods available, the Notification of Intention to Award and the Standstill Period, debriefing, procurement-related complaints, and the sustainable procurement provisions. Which edition applies to a given project is fixed by that project’s Legal Agreement.
Affects: framework · standstill · debriefing · complaints · sustainable procurement
2017
- EBRDPolicyIn force
EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules (2017 revision)
- Published
- 01 Oct 2017
- Applies from
- 01 Nov 2017
- Publisher
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development revised its Procurement Policies and Rules with effect from 1 November 2017. The PP&R govern procurement for public-sector operations financed by the Bank, including the standstill and complaints procedures, and are applied through the client’s tender documents.
Affects: framework · complaints
- Asian Development BankPolicyIn force
ADB Procurement Policy and Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers
- Published
- 01 Apr 2017
- Applies from
- 01 Jul 2017
- Publisher
- Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank’s Procurement Policy (goods, works, non-consulting and consulting services) and the Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers took effect on 1 July 2017 for projects whose concept was cleared on or after that date, replacing the earlier Procurement Guidelines and Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. They are applied through the project’s procurement plan and bidding documents.
Affects: framework · procedures
2016
- European UnionDirectiveIn force
Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement
- Published
- 28 Mar 2014
- Applies from
- 18 Apr 2016
- Publisher
- European Union (Official Journal)
The EU public-sector procurement directive sets the procedures, time limits, exclusion grounds, award criteria and transparency obligations for above-threshold contracts awarded by contracting authorities in EU member states. Member states transposed it into national law by 18 April 2016; national law sets the exact procedure and the review body. Its thresholds are revised by delegated regulation every two years.
Affects: framework · procedures · exclusion grounds · award criteria
- KenyaLawIn force
Kenya Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015
- Published
- 18 Dec 2015
- Applies from
- 07 Jan 2016
- Publisher
- Republic of Kenya (Kenya Law)
Kenya’s Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act (No. 33 of 2015) commenced on 7 January 2016 and governs procurement by national and county government entities: methods, thresholds set by regulation, the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority, and the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board that hears bidder complaints. Regulations under the Act were made in 2020.
Affects: framework · procedures · complaints
2015
- African Development BankPolicyIn force
AfDB Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations
- Published
- 14 Oct 2015
- Applies from
- see the source
- Publisher
- African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank Group adopted its Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations in October 2015, together with the Methodology for Implementation and the Operations Procurement Manual. It introduced fit-for-purpose procurement, allowing the use of a borrower’s own procurement system where assessed acceptable, alongside the Bank’s methods and procedures.
Affects: framework · procedures
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