Taking place on Wednesday 11th November at the Utilita Arena Cardiff, Procurex Wales is where Wales' public procurement community finds out what's expected of it next.

The event brings together public sector buyers, procurement professionals and suppliers for one working day built around three live conversations: strengthening local supply chains and social value, how technology and AI are changing the buying process, and where procurement policy and legislation are heading next. Real case studies and direct conversation replace generic theory, giving a clear read on the compliance and capability bar currently being raised across Wales' £11.4bn+ public procurement marketplace.

For public sector attendees, it's a chance to hear what's now expected of them — on social value, Net Zero, digital maturity and the Procurement Act 2023 in practice — and to compare notes with peers doing the same job across Wales. For suppliers, it's a direct line to the people setting that bar: real conversations with buyers about the capabilities they're actually screening for, from local economic benefit to supply-chain cyber resilience to joint bid capability.

With five themes running through the day, expert-led sessions and a full exhibition floor, Procurex Wales is less a generic networking day and more a working session on what it now takes to compete for — and deliver — Welsh public sector contracts.