“Quality not quantity”; Procurement Briefing on publication of PPN 06/20 on Social Value By Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher, Mary Mundy The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has recently published its new Procurement Policy Note ' PPN…
Procurement Alert: The Rail Franchise Litigation – exercising discretion lawfully By Tim Dennis, Victoria Fletcher, Mary Mundy On 17 June 2020, judgment was given in the 2019 Rail Franchising Litigation which involved four…
Procurement Briefing: Publication of PPN 5/20 By Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher PPN 5/20 introduces the updated Outsourcing Playbook (“Outsourcing Playbook V2”) that has been…
Procurement Briefing: Publication of new PPN 04/20 By Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher On 9 June 2020, the Cabinet Office published Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition…
COVID-19: The impact on procurement over the next coming months By Alistair Robertson, Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher, Tim Dennis At the height of the COVID 19 Pandemic, a Procurement Policy Note was published by Crown Commercial…
High Court Judge ignores claimant’s ‘mind-boggling’ budget By Adam Burrell, Denise Eastlake, DACB have successfully challenged a claimant’s cost budget of almost £1million, obtaining an order…
New Financial Thresholds for Procurement Published By Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher, Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis New procurement thresholds that come into effect on 1 January 2020 have been published by the…
Court of Appeal confirms application of the concessions regime By Victoria Fletcher, Mary Mundy In our briefing last October we detailed the High Court’s judgment in Ocean Outdoor UK Ltd v London…
NHS competition: Will collaboration and integration become easier? By Dr Alexandra von Westernhagen, Mary Mundy The Health and Social Care Committee has backed calls to remove competition rules and focus on…
E-Invoices - are you ready? By Victoria Fletcher, Mary Mundy Mandatory e-invoicing is upon us! From 18 April 2019 central contracting authorities have been…
Procurement Challenges - The (indemnity) cost of not engaging sensibly around disclosure By Tim Dennis, Mary Mundy In a recent judgment relating to specific disclosure, the Court re-emphasised its expectations…
Public procurement – deal or no deal By Mary Mundy With the planned date of Brexit less than a month away but no clear picture of how the UK will exit…
The NHS Long Term Plan - Procurement and Competition By Mary Mundy The NHS Long Term Plan raises some interesting issues for anyone involved in procurement and…
The NHS Long Term Plan - our view on the proposed legislative changes By Nigel Montgomery, Hamza Drabu, Alistair Robertson, Anne Crofts, Mary Mundy The long awaited NHS Long Term Plan has been published…
First declaration of ineffectiveness granted and some clarity on developments at last By Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher In a landmark decision of the Court of Appeal, the procurement world has seen the first declaration…
The question of incumbent advantage By Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher One of the key obligations in public procurement law is equal treatment…
Procurement Alert: Court refuses to lift automatic suspension where other health services could be affected By Mary Mundy, Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis Recently, the Court refused to lift an automatic suspension in a procurement challenge brought by…
Estates outsourcing or insourcing in the NHS? By Andrea Proudlock, Louise Watson-Jones, Mary Mundy, Anne Crofts When a contractor goes into liquidation, a replacement contractor will need to be procured by the…
Be prepared - top tips for procurement teams in the wake of Carillion By Mary Mundy In the wake of the Carillion liquidation news last week, procurement teams are understandably…
Contracting for collaboration and efficiency By Charlotte Burnett, Hamza Drabu, Louise Watson-Jones, Mary Mundy Collaboration means many different things to different people in the NHS…
New procurement case confirms that evaluation is a serious business! By Mary Mundy, Tim Dennis, Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher Contracting Authorities and their evaluators are reminded once again of how important it is to…
Can post EU Referendum price hikes be forced upon Trusts? By Mary Mundy A number of Trusts are facing the threat of price increases in their supply contracts as a result…
First practical guidance on how to successfully implement new models of care By Anne Crofts, Mary Mundy, Hamza Drabu When it comes to the strategic issues around integrating health and social care services, what's…
Changes to consortium bidders during a procurement – can you allow this? By Mary Mundy A recent case in the CJEU has shed some light on whether an authority is permitted to allow…
New Models of Care: Navigating the procurement landscape By Mary Mundy Procurement in the context of New Models of Care is getting a great deal of airtime at the moment…
The Route to Integrated Healthcare By Anne Crofts, Mary Mundy, Hamza Drabu Providing the first practical examples of how to deliver the NHS Five Year Forward View, DAC…
Part four: Procurement and competition By Mary Mundy Providers and commissioners are faced with putting in place whole new models of care within very…
Part five: The leadership view By Anne Crofts, Hamza Drabu, Mary Mundy We asked five leaders from across the health and social care landscape to give us their views on…
Part six: Recommendations By Anne Crofts, Hamza Drabu, Mary Mundy Read our summary of recommendations around how to take the next steps on the road to realising the…
DAC Beachcroft Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #1 By Mary Mundy Welcome to the first of our series of briefings aiming to clarify what's new under the draft Public…
