The primary focus of these readers will vary: for policymakers and legislators, it may be on whether to engage in procurement reform and, if so, the scope of the reform to be undertaken and which provisions to enact. For regulators and those providing guidance to users, it may be on specific issues of implementation and use of the provisions of the Model Law. 

For this reason, the Guide separates, to the extent possible, commentary on policy issues and on issues of implementation and use of the Model Law. This Guide is also intended to assist users of the earlier UNCITRAL Model Law in the area of public procurement – the Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services (adopted in 1994, the «1994 Model Law») – in updating their legislation to reflect recent developments in public procurement. It therefore addresses the expanded scope of the Model Law as compared with its 1994 counterpart, and also explains, as necessary, the main recent developments in procurement policies and practice that underlie the revisions made to that 1994 Model Law.