Why this exists
This tool is designed to reduce anxiety, not monetise it. It won’t guess. If an answer depends on facts you haven’t provided, it will tell you what it needs to know.
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What this tool uses
- Find a Tender notice types and sequences (UK notices)
- Procurement Act 2023 and Procurement Regulations 2024 text (for “Ask the Act”)
If you need formal certainty for edge cases (exemptions, special regimes), treat this as orientation and check your internal governance / legal advice.
Sources (for transparency)
Notice sequencing guidance: find-tender.service.gov.uk/Home/NoticeTypes
Act: legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
Regulations: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/692/contents
Act: legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
Regulations: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/692/contents