PPN 02/23: Tackling Modern Slavery in Government Supply Chains
This guidance sets out how UK Government departments must take action to ensure modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains.
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This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) and guidance sets out how to identify and manage modern slavery risks in both existing contracts and new procurement activity and advocates a risk-based approach to identifying and managing these risks across government’s commercial activities. The guidance sets out how to ensure greater supply chain visibility on procurements at high risk of modern slavery occurring to support due diligence, with strengthened advice on how to exclude suppliers where there is sufficient evidence of modern slavery violations.
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Published 10 February 2023Last updated 25 March 2024 + show all updates
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Updated the document 'PPN 02/23 - Tackling Modern Slavery in Government Supply Chains - Guidance' to reflect publication of the 2023 Global Slavery Index, update web-links and present guidance in an accessible format.
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There is new selection criteria guidance following the publication of PPN 03/23: Standard Selection Questionnaire. This can be found in Section 3 of the guidance document.
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