Loosening the ties that bind: new NHS procurement regime proposed By , Hamza Drabu, Charlotte Burnett, Stephen Hocking, Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher On 12 th February we summarised for you the top 10 takeaways from the Government’s proposals for…
Transforming public procurement – so long red tape, hello golden thread? By Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis, Victoria Fletcher On 15 December 2020, the Government published the eagerly anticipated Green Paper in relation to…
Procurement policy note PPN 08/20 and the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI 1319 By Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher Following the publication of the Public Procurement (Amendment etc…
“Quality not quantity”; Procurement Briefing on publication of PPN 06/20 on Social Value By Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher 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 On 17 June 2020, judgment was given in the 2019 Rail Franchising Litigation which involved four…
Procurement Briefing: Publication of PPN 5/20 By 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 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, Victoria Fletcher, Tim Dennis At the height of the COVID 19 Pandemic, a Procurement Policy Note was published by Crown Commercial…
New Financial Thresholds for Procurement Published By 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 In our briefing last October we detailed the High Court’s judgment in Ocean Outdoor UK Ltd v London…
E-Invoices - are you ready? By Victoria Fletcher Mandatory e-invoicing is upon us! From 18 April 2019 central contracting authorities have been…
First declaration of ineffectiveness granted and some clarity on developments at last By 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 Victoria Fletcher One of the key obligations in public procurement law is equal treatment…
New procurement case confirms that evaluation is a serious business! By Tim Dennis, Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher Contracting Authorities and their evaluators are reminded once again of how important it is to…