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A guide to Dynamic Purchasing Systems within the public sector is published by the Local Government Association.
Councils have been working together to improve procurement practices for many years.
Dynamic (or electronic) purchasing systems (DPSs) is one way of overcoming this barrier but until recently were only suitable for commonly used goods and services and were time limited and inflexible.
The Public Contract Regulations, updated in 2015, put forward some new, clearer rules which do away with time limits and are flexible enough for suppliers meeting the tender criteria to be added to the list at any time.