01 July 2026 
Ashley Shelbrooke, Procurement Specialist
Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023 requires contracting authorities to publish information each quarter about payments under public contracts for procurements that commenced from 1 April 2026. Payments must be published within 30 days of the end of each quarter. The first publication window begins today, on 1 July 2026, which means that publication of contract payment information is required by 29 July 2026. To facilitate this, new payment service functionality is now live on the Central Digital Platform to help contracting authorities upload their payment data and meet their obligations.
The payment service is now live and you can upload information directly onto the Central Digital Platform. From the Buyer View interface, you will be able to navigate to the payment service through the “Publish and update your payments” tile where you can then download a dedicated payments template. Once you have completed the template, you can upload it onto the platform where the payments will be validated. You can then review and check that all the information is correct before publishing.
The Cabinet Office have published the following guidance documents on gov.uk:
Procurement and finance practitioners can also access a suite of guidance materials, templates and further information on the Government Commercial College.
