Parliamentary Commercial Directorate (PCD)
The Parliamentary Commercial Directorate (PCD) is responsible for all procurement processes conducted in the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It provides professional procurement and commercial services and ensures compliance with the Houses' procurement policies.
Houses of Parliament Procurement Policies
- Parliamentary Procurement Rules (pdf, 372KB)
- Parliamentary Contract Management Governance & Rules (pdf, 356KB)
- Sustainable Procurement Policy (pdf, 160KB)
Information on expressing an interest in tendering
The Procurement Act 2023
The new Procurement Act 2023 is now live as of 24 February 2025 and will benefit suppliers of all sizes, particularly small and medium sized enterprises.
The public procurement reforms will improve the way procurement is carried out and will provide the following benefits:
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Simplify the current procurement legislation into a single Act
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Increase transparency via the publication of new notices throughout the procurement lifecycle
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A Central Digital Platform for suppliers to register and store their details once so that they can be used for multiple bids and see all opportunities in one place
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Make public procurement opportunities more visible making it easier to search
If your business supplies goods, works or services to UK Parliament or hopes to do so in the future, you need to know about the changes to public procurement.
Information, Guidance and Training for Suppliers:
Cabinet Office: PA 2023 Short Guide for Suppliers (pdf, 360KB)
Cabinet Office Central Digital Platform Factsheet (pdf, 5MB)
KD3: Knowledge Drop for Suppliers
KD3b: Knowledge Drop for SMEs/VCSEs
Sign up for Cabinet Office Transforming Public Procurement Newsletter
Webinar: How to Get Ready for 24 February 2025
Information and guidance for suppliers - GOV.UK
Suppliers: How to Register an Organisation in Three Easy Steps
Suppliers: How an Administrator Completes Supplier Information
Overview of the Central Digital Platform, an Enchanced Find A Tender Service
Queries: Contact the Cabinet Office
Whistleblowing
Suppliers providing services, works or supplies to UK Parliament must take all reasonable steps to prevent malpractice or impropriety. They must immediately notify the Directors of Finance of each House of any known occurrence via the dedicated fraud, bribery and corruption reporting inbox, fraudmanagement@parliament.uk.
Any members of the public who wish to report concerns of fraud, bribery and corruption should do so to the same inbox.
House of Lords
Finance Director, Fehintola Akinlose
House of Commons
Managing Director of Finance, Portfolio and Performance, Vicky Rock
Modern Slavery
The UK Parliament Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Policy and its Modern Slavery Statement for 2021/2022 are available here.
Procurement Pipeline
The UK Parliament procurement pipeline is a point-in-time view containing the potential contract opportunities which are greater than £2m in value over the next 24 months.
The procurement pipeline can be found here (xlsx, 3MB). Updates to, and iterations of, the pipeline will be provided every 6 months.
Standard Terms and Conditions
When a purchase order is used by the House of Commons and no other formal terms have been applied, UK Parliament's standard terms and conditions (docx, 375KB) apply.