20 July 2016 
Emma Keenan, Procurement Specialist
As you may be aware I am regularly in touch with CCS to understand when they will update the guidelines for using the standard PQQ document following the introduction of the ESPD document. The full statement I received from CCS yesterday is as follows:
“I've been working with my colleague who has been leading on the ESPD work to resolve this. The delay now has been caused by the EU referendum result. We continue, of course, to be bound by the EU procurement directives and the UK regulations that transpose them and we are discussing with lawyers the best way to issue the revised guidance. It's too early to say what the impact of the referendum vote will be on the procurement regime but we do still intend publish revised guidance on exclusion and selection soon. In the meantime if a contracting authority receives an ESPD from a supplier in one of the devolved nations of the UK or another member state they should accept it for supplier information and exclusion purposes but are at liberty to ask the selection questions set out in the standard PQQ.”
I will continue to pass on any updates I receive.
