Inside Housing Emerging Leaders CPD programme quiz: the Procurement Act 2023 – how will it affect landlords?

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* 1. When did the Procurement Act 2023 pass into law, and when is it anticipated the public procurement regime it sets out will come into force?

Into law October 2022; into force October 2023

Into law October 2023; into force October 2024

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* 2. Which of the following is not a stated aim of the Procurement Act 2023?

Make public sector procurement simpler and more efficient

Create a smaller group of companies that bid for and win public contracts

Give buyers greater flexibility, allowing more room for negotiation in prices and for more innovative solutions to be procured

Introduce greater scrutiny of public procurement

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* 3. Under the new competitive flexible procedure, it is anticipated that buyers will be able to negotiate with potential suppliers:

Before a tender

During a tender

Following a tender

All three

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* 4. It is anticipated buyers will be able to decide the form of procurement processes themselves under the new competitive flexible procedure:

True

False

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* 5. Under the Procurement Act, buyers will be required to:

Publish more procurement notices than previously

Make clear their procurement pipelines

Upload notices to one central database, run by the Cabinet Office

All of the above

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* 6. If a contract’s value is over £5m, it is anticipated buyers will have to:

Publish the key performance indicators against which the supplier will be evaluated

Exclude any small or medium-sized enterprise from bidding for it

Inform the Procurement Review Unit

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* 7. The new public procurement regime has the potential to increase the strategic role of procurement teams in social housing organisations.

True

False

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* 8. The new procurement review unit sits within:

The Cabinet Office

The Treasury

The Regulator of Social Housing

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Inside Housing Emerging Leaders CPD programme quiz: the Procurement Act 2023 – how will it affect landlords?

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* 1. When did the Procurement Act 2023 pass into law, and when is it anticipated the public procurement regime it sets out will come into force?

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* 2. Which of the following is not a stated aim of the Procurement Act 2023?

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* 3. Under the new competitive flexible procedure, it is anticipated that buyers will be able to negotiate with potential suppliers:

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* 4. It is anticipated buyers will be able to decide the form of procurement processes themselves under the new competitive flexible procedure:

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* 5. Under the Procurement Act, buyers will be required to:

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* 6. If a contract’s value is over £5m, it is anticipated buyers will have to:

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* 7. The new public procurement regime has the potential to increase the strategic role of procurement teams in social housing organisations.

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* 8. The new procurement review unit sits within:

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* 9. Name (use the name associated with your Inside Housing subscription)

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* 10. Email (use the email address associated with your Inside Housing subscription)

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* 11. Job title

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* 12. Job function

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* 13. Company name