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Public contracts in an FM sale

What can continue under the Procurement Act?

Prepare a contract-continuity schedule before including future public-contract income in your FM sale case.

For sellers 14 pages 12-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For FM owners preparing a sale that includes public-sector work. Use the questions with your buyer and qualified legal advisers.

What you will take from it

  • Identify the procurement regime using the contract's history and authority scope.
  • Separate the proposed supplier change, contractual consent and procurement notice questions.
  • Keep contract continuity, delivery responsibilities and earnings evidence together in a practical checklist.

What is inside

  1. Establish the procurement regime
  2. Identify the awarded work
  3. Describe the proposed change
  4. Test the restructuring route
  5. Resolve notices and consent
  6. Keep delivery responsibilities visible
  7. Reconcile income before discussing price

The tool: public-contract continuity checklist

Record the authority, regime, awarded work, proposed transaction, consent and notice questions for one contract at a time. The fillable checklist leaves room for evidence and the person responsible.

It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.

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Tell us who you are and the guide opens on this page, with the public-contract continuity checklist as its own file.

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Prepared by Simon Read

Founder & Managing Director, Reads Advice Partners Ltd

Simon founded Reads M&A Advisory to specialise in trades such as HVAC, electrical, fire safety and facilities management, and has spent many years selling businesses to independent buyers, trade companies and private equity-backed groups across the UK.

Updated Oct 2026. The Autumn Budget is scheduled for Oct 2026, and we review every guide after it.

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