Procure for Impact Information

A new space for public procurement The Procurement Act 2023 redefines value in public procurement — from economic advantage to the full breadth of public benefit. It enables commercial approaches that weren't previously available. The opportunity now is to move procurement into a genuinely new space: designing not just contracts, but the system in which outcomes are realised. Accountability where it belongs When procurement design reflects the full picture of how outcomes are realised, something important changes. Suppliers can focus on what they do best. Commissioners own what they must enable. The gaps in between — the unfunded expectations, the assumed partnerships, the missing infrastructure — get identified and addressed. Smarter investment, not more investment Outcomes depend on infrastructure that often goes unfunded — skills capacity, partnership coordination, data systems, community reach. Treating procurement as system design makes these visible and turns them into deliberate decisions. This isn't about increasing budgets. The money is usually already being spent. The opportunity is to direct it where it best contributes to the outcomes being sought.