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In January of this year, the EU Commission published a Paper on "The modernisation of EU public procurement policy: Towards a more efficient European Procurement" Commission's ideas for changes to the EU rules and invited responses from the public (the deadline was 18 April).

Brent London Borough Council and others (Harrow London Borough Council) v Risk Management Partners Ltd

Overturning the decision of the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court has concluded that the Teckal exemption covers the provision of services by "in-house" shared service bodies where control of those bodies is exercised collectively by all their customers, and that Teckal can cover insurance contracts. This decision is likely to assist public bodies looking for new ways to share resources and deliver services in the current climate of restricted public spending...

Welcome to the latest in our series of regular procurement updates from Beachcroft's EU and Competition Law team...

This issue contains local authority focused articles regarding public procurement, shared services, CPOs and public disclosure.

Development agreements and the procurement regime - June 2010

This guidance follows on from the recent case of Helmut Müller GmbH v Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben.

It was not too long ago that development agreements were thought to be exempt from the EU procurement regime. That is no longer the case. Many current forms of development agreement are caught by the EU procurement rules, as implemented by the Public Contract Regulations 2006 (Regulations). Recent case law and guidance has made this clear.

This brief guide for public authorities sets out some of the key decisions to be taken and pitfalls to be avoided when entering into development agreements in the UK...

New EU case will have major impact on challenges to public procurements

The judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Uniplex case (Case C-406/08, decision issued 28 January 2010) will fundamentally affect the way in which challenges to public procurement processes are made in the UK.

New EU case will have major impact on challenges to public procurements

The judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Uniplex case (Case C-406/08, decision issued 28 January 2010) will fundamentally affect the way in which challenges to public procurement processes are made in the UK.