Posts on Public procurement

Public procurement case digest (November – December 2017)

Judgment was handed down on 31 October 2017 by Mr Justice Coulson in R (Hersi & Co Solicitors) v The Lord Chancellor (as successor to the Legal Services Commission)

Public procurement case digest (October 2017)

Public procurement case digest (August-September 2017)

Public procurement policy review: June to August 2017

Public procurement case digest (July 2017)

Public Procurement in a Post Brexit World – Should the Rules Change to Support UK Jobs?

Public procurement case digest (June 2017)

Are procurement and construction processes fit for purpose?

Public procurement case digest (May 2017)

Public procurement policy review: March to May 2017

Public procurement case digest (April 2017)

Public procurement case digest (February – March 2017)

Audience questions from the Thomson Reuters procurement webinar “How to deal with complex procurement issues”

UK Government announces settlement of the Magnox procurement litigation

Public procurement policy review: December 2016 to February 2017

Public procurement case digest (January 2017)

Public procurement case digest (December 2016)

Public procurement case digest (October – November 2016)

Public procurement policy review: June to November 2016

Brexit: What next for public procurement?

Public procurement case digest (August – September 2016)

What’s more difficult than decommissioning nuclear reactors? Ten Lessons from the recent judgment in Energysolutions EU Limited v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Public procurement case digest (July 2016)

Are damages an adequate remedy for a not for profit company?

Decision that tender was abnormally low was flawed

Public procurement case digest (June 2016)

Public procurement case digest (May 2016)

Public procurement policy review: March to May 2016

Regulation 53 and the definition of “procurement documents”

  • by Katie Bray
  • Head of Projects, Essex County Council

Public procurement case digest (April 2016)

Public procurement case digest (March 2016)

Public procurement case digest (February 2016)

Procurement law after Brexit?

Public procurement policy review: December 2015 to February 2016

Public procurement case digest (January 2016)

Public procurement case digest (December 2015)

“Living wage” provisions in public procurement contracts

  • by John Bennett
  • Co-author of the looseleaf encyclopedia, EU Public Procurement Law and Practice

Public procurement policy review: September to November 2015

Publishing the procurement documents with the OJEU notice: navigating the Regulations and Guidance

Public procurement case digest (August – September 2015)

An alternative FAQ for public to public contracts: Can a contracting authority trade through a Teckal company?

  • by John Bennett
  • Co-author of the looseleaf encyclopedia, EU Public Procurement Law and Practice

Fraud in the public sector: avoid being caught out

Hold fire! The risks of performing the contract before it is signed

Cold call contracts: public sector beware

Public procurement legislation and policy review: June – August 2015

Public procurement case digest (July 2015)

Edenred – a deceptively narrow decision but with wide reaching consequences

Public procurement case digest (June 2015)

What role do competition law principles play in public procurement?

What exactly are the remedies for breach of the Part 4 public procurement regime?

  • by John Bennett
  • Co-author of the looseleaf encyclopedia, EU Public Procurement Law and Practice

Public procurement case digest (May 2015)

Public procurement legislation and policy review: March to May 2015

Framework agreements under the PCR 2015: some tricky issues clarified

Public procurement case digest (April 2015)

Innovation partnership – does it offer a genuine breakthrough?

  • by John Bennett
  • Co-author of the looseleaf encyclopedia, EU Public Procurement Law and Practice

PCR 2015: When to use a PQQ?

Public procurement legislation and policy review: December 2014 to February 2015

Restoring viability to city centre regeneration? Enter Pressetext

Top 10 tips for new procurement regulations

  • by John Bennett
  • Co-author of the looseleaf encyclopedia, EU Public Procurement Law and Practice

Random Effects of Scoring Price in a Tender Evaluation

Revising local authority standing orders to reflect the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

Public procurement: looking back to 2014 and forward to 2015

Competitive negotiation under the new draft regulations – a final nail in the coffin?

  • by John Bennett
  • Co-author of the looseleaf encyclopedia, EU Public Procurement Law and Practice

Public procurement legislation and policy review: September- November 2014

Public procurement case digest (October 2014)

Suspension maintained: the decision in NATS (Services) Limited v Gatwick Airport Limited

Public procurement case digest (September 2014)

NHS health care services and the Draft Public Contracts Regulations 2015

The remedies for failing to comply with the new below threshold regime

Draft Public Contracts Regulations 2015: What’s changing for health and social care contracts?

(In)valid VEATs: the European Court of Justice’s judgment in Italian Interior Ministry v Fastweb SpA

Public procurement legislation and policy review: June- August 2014

Public procurement case digest (July 2014)

Public procurement case digest (June 2014)

Public procurement case digest (May 2014)

Public procurement policy review: March 2014 – May 2014

Public procurement case digest (April 2014)

Specific disclosure in procurement cases: forcing an early victory

Public procurement policy review: December 2013 – February 2014

Public procurement case digest (February 2014)

Public procurement case digest (January 2014)

Public procurement: review of 2013 and preview of 2014

Public procurement case digest (December 2013)

Public procurement case digest (November 2013)

Public procurement policy review: September – November 2013

Public procurement case digest (October 2013)

Procurement Lawyers’ Association event: the new procurement directives

Public procurement case digest (August – September 2013)

Public procurement policy review: June – August 2013

Public procurement case digest (July 2013)

Public procurement case digest (June 2013)

When is a procurement not a public procurement … the “in-house” exceptions

Public procurement case digest (May 2013)

Public procurement policy review: February – May 2013

Public procurement case digest (April 2013)

Public procurement case digest (March 2013)

Public procurement case digest (February 2013)

Public procurement policy review: 2013 so far

Public procurement case digest (January 2013)

PLC Public Sector 2012 public procurement case digest

Public procurement case digest (December 2012)

Public procurement case digest (November 2012)

The public procurement and competition implications of the government’s health reforms: who should we believe?

TUPE and tendering – avoiding the pitfalls