At its meeting on 16 May 2002, the NI Executive agreed to a revised public procurement policy for NI departments, agencies, non-departmental public bodies and public corporations. The policy document sets out the revised policies adopted by the Executive.
The revision of public procurement policy resulted from recommendations in a report by the Procurement Review Team, which was issued for public consultation in September 2001. Following the consultation, the Review Team modified their original report and their final recommendations have been incorporated into the policy.