Councils will be required to post procurement notices on a new UK website under a no-deal Brexit scenario, the government has announced.
A notice issued by the Cabinet Office said that early versions of the new UK e-notification service are already available for testing and on-boarding.
The service would replace the online supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) if no agreement is reached over the UK’s departure from the European Union.
The notice said: “To comply with international agreements such as the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), relevant procurement in the UK must be advertised through a single point of access available free of charge.
“To replace OJEU, a UK-wide service is necessary.”
Existing portals such as Contracts Finder, Sell2Wales, eTendersNI will continue to operate in the same way as they do now, the notice said.
The new service will be available from day one of a no-deal departure, and existing thresholds for the size of procurement will still apply, according to the government.
