What is the deadline for procurement standstill?
A Procurement Act standstill period cannot be less than eight working days. To preserve the automatic suspension, proceedings must be started and the authority notified before the standstill ends.
Read the rule checklist
This page explains the cited rule. It does not generate an automated date. Check the trigger, service facts, time-counting treatment and any order before you use the period in your diary.
- Start point
- The standstill notice or the stated start of the standstill period
- Stated period
- At least eight working days
Worked source check
- Example input
- 03/08/2026
- Expected result
- No automated date. Check the stated standstill period and the separate issue-and-notification requirements.
A contracting authority has sent a standstill notice, but the notice’s stated start and voluntary-extension terms are not confirmed.
The guide distinguishes the eight-working-day minimum from the conditions for preserving an automatic suspension.
What this source guide covers
- Period
- At least eight working days
- Trigger
- The standstill notice or the stated start of the standstill period
- Direction
- Forward from the stated standstill start
- Counting method
- Working days under the applicable Act and notice; the notice must be checked for its stated period.
Do not use a generic court-closure rule for the procurement statutory window. Check the notice, method and any voluntary standstill.
Procurement Act 2023. Procurement Act 2023, sections 51 and 101. Procurement Act 2023 checked 07/08/2026
Exceptions and matter facts
- The source guide distinguishes a mandatory award standstill from a voluntary modification standstill.
- Issue and notification are separate requirements for an automatic suspension. Limitation and set-aside claims have separate clocks.
Deadline Engine is calculation software, not legal advice. Check the current rule, any order and the facts before adding a date to your diary.