Procurement Alert: The Rail Franchise Litigation – exercising discretion lawfully By Hannah Chapelhow, 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, Hannah Chapelhow, 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, Hannah Chapelhow, Victoria Fletcher On 9 June 2020, the Cabinet Office published Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition…
COVID-19: Procurement Policy Notes on supporting suppliers By Alistair Robertson, Mary Mundy, Hannah Chapelhow, Victoria Fletcher, Tim Dennis Contracting authorities are actively encouraged to have a procurement strategy that allows small…
COVID-19: The impact on procurement over the next coming months By Alistair Robertson, Mary Mundy, Hannah Chapelhow, Victoria Fletcher, Tim Dennis As we are in the midst of what has been described as the worst public health crisis for this…
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, Hannah Chapelhow, 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 Hannah Chapelhow, 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 Hannah Chapelhow, 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, Hannah Chapelhow 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 Hannah Chapelhow, 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 Hannah Chapelhow, Mary Mundy, Victoria Fletcher One of the key obligations in public procurement law is equal treatment…
When is your arrangement a concession contract? By Hannah Chapelhow, Victoria Fletcher, Mary Mundy With public authorities under increasing budgetary pressure, schemes such a leasing floor space for…
CCS guidance to suppliers on GDPR By Mary Mundy, Sophie Devlin The Crown Commercial Service ("CCS") has issued a guide to CCS suppliers about the actions they…
CCG Newsletter - Edition Five By Charlotte Burnett, Mary Mundy, Welcome to the Fifth Edition of our Clinical Commissioning Group Newsletter…
Procurement: Central government contracts - new requirements for prime suppliers By Victoria Fletcher, Hannah Chapelhow, Mary Mundy On 10 April 2018 the Crown Commercial Service announced changes to Central Government procurement…
Procurement Alert: Court refuses to lift automatic suspension where other health services could be affected By Mary Mundy, Hannah Chapelhow, 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, Hannah Chapelhow In the wake of the Carillion liquidation news last week, procurement teams are understandably…
Procurement and Carillion - the alternatives for the public sector By Mary Mundy, Hannah Chapelhow It has been hard to avoid the news this week of Carillion group companies going into liquidation…
Are your contracts GDPR compliant? PPN published in relation to new data protection legislation By Mary Mundy, Sophie Devlin The Crown Commercial Service ("CCS") has published a Procurement Policy Note ("PPN") in relation to…
Stop Press! New Financial Thresholds for Procurement Published By Mary Mundy The European Commission has this week published a new communication amending the non-Euro national…
NHS Improvement publishes updated transactions guidance By Charlotte Burnett, Anne Crofts, Hamza Drabu, Louise Watson-Jones, Alistair Robertson, Mary Mundy, Chris Waite Updated transactions guidance has been published by NHS Improvement ("NHSI") ( Transactions…
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…
A guide to procurement and competition in healthcare By Mary Mundy DAC Beachcroft Associate Mary Mundy advises commissioners and providers on how to overcome…
Stop Press! New Mandatory PQQ (SQ) Published By Mary Mundy The long awaited revised “Selection Questionnaire” or "SQ" has now been published by the Crown…
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…
Brexit: should procurement professionals tear up the rule book? By Mary Mundy Clearly the one thing on most peoples' minds at the moment is Brexit and what it means for their…
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…
Stop Press! New Procurement Regulations In Force Today! By Mary Mundy Today changes are made to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and the Concession Contracts…
Procurement in Health Seminar Series: 7 June - Leeds, 21 June - London, 6 July - Newcastle By Mary Mundy You are invited to join DAC Beachcroft for an exclusive training session focusing on Procurement in…
The new procurement rules: One year on By Tim Dennis, Mary Mundy The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 came into force just over a year ago – so what impact have…
Location location location: Can you specify one in a procurement? By Mary Mundy A recent Advocate General's opinion has cast doubt on a body's ability to require delivery in a…
Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #12 By Mary Mundy In this, the final briefing of our series, we look at the new reporting and documentation…
Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #10 By Mary Mundy This instalment of our briefing series on the Procurement Contracts Regulations 2015 looks at…
Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #9 By Mary Mundy In this briefing we look at the two procedures set out in the new Regulations which allow for…
Special Focus on Health: The New Regulations Series #8 By Anne Crofts, Mary Mundy In this briefing we look at the impact of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the new…
Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #7 Today's the day, are you ready? By Mary Mundy As the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 come into force today, here's a reminder of some of the…
DAC Beachcroft Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #6 By Mary Mundy This instalment of our briefing series looks at framework agreements and the impending changes…
Procurement Alert: The News Regulations Series #5 By Mary Mundy This instalment of our draft Public Contracts Regulations briefing series looks at electronic…
DAC Beachcroft Procurement Alert: The New Regulations Series #4 By Mary Mundy We look today at pre-qualification and what can and cannot be considered as selection criteria…
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…
Procurement Alert: Procurement challengers beware – costs of claiming are rising By Mary Mundy Group M UK Ltd v Cabinet Office [2014] EWHC 3863 (TCC)
Procurement Alert: Cyber Essentials – are your suppliers compliant? By Mary Mundy A new PPN policy guidance note from Central Government requires contracting authorities to include…
Procurement Alert: Minimum or Living Wage Requirements in Procurement By Mary Mundy A recent European case has confirmed that the inclusion of a requirement for tenderers to ensure a…
Procurement Alert: Stop Press! Draft Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Published By Mary Mundy For those of you who have read the Directive you'll see the Regulations really do follow the…
Reform of EU Procurement Law: A better deal for construction? By Mary Mundy On 11 February 2014, the EU Council adopted a package of three new Directives aimed at reforming…
New energy efficient purchasing requirements: In force now! By Mary Mundy In-scope authorities must comply with new minimum standards for products and services which are…
About time: Two rulings on time limits in procurement challenges By Mary Mundy For an aggrieved unsuccessful bidder, bringing a procurement challenge requires fast action in…
Procurement Alerter: CCS Short Form Terms and Conditions - May 2014 By Mary Mundy A new Procurement Policy Note ( PPN 06/14 ) highlights that the Crown Commercial Service has…
Beware! Is the Cabinet Office spot-checking your procurement? By Dr Alexandra von Westernhagen, Mary Mundy In its procurement policy note of 6 February 2014, (PPN 02/14) the Cabinet Office announced that it…
