Value for money – general good practice for local authorities
1 October 2024
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7 June 2024
The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No.3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024 (the “Regulations”) were published on 30 May 2024, having been made on 22 May 2024, alongside the Procurement Regulations 2024 – please see our separate article on these here . The following article sets out a summary of some of the key…
Read more24 May 2024
Background and current context On 22 May 2024 the Procurement Regulations 2024 (the ‘2024 Regulations’) were made, but the majority of the provisions do not come into force until the Procurement Act 2023 (the ‘2023 Act’) substantively commences. This is necessarily the case because the 2024 Regulations implement various aspects and details from the 2023…
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Sharpe Pritchard, in association with the Business Services Association’s (BSA) Modern Slavery Council is delighted to be leading a briefing on Thursday, 18th April 2024, on the topic of ‘PPN 02/23:Tackling Modern Slavery in Government Supply Chains’. In this session, Partner, Juli Lau will lead the briefing, which will be focused on PPN 02/23 and…
Read more22 December 2023
On 19th December, the Government issued PPN 11/23 (the “PPN”) relating to the threshold values at which public procurement opportunities are subject to regulation under UK procurement legislation. These thresholds are updated every two years, and the PPN sets out the values which will take effect from 1st January 2024. Note that since the introduction of the…
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Introduction On the 29th of June the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (the ‘Act’) received Royal Assent. The Act makes provisions for changes to the operation, status and content of Retained EU Law (‘REUL’) which was created under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (‘EUWA’) based on EU and EU-derived law that…
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The Procurement Bill was given Royal Assent on 26th October. Whilst the majority of the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (the ‘Act’) are not yet in force, with Cabinet Office suggesting a ‘go-live’ date for the new regime of October 2024, it is important for those involved in public procurement to start becoming acquainted…
Read more8 November 2023
The Procurement Bill was given Royal Assent on 26th October. Whilst the majority of the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (the ‘Act’) are not yet in force, with Cabinet Office suggesting a ‘go-live’ date for the new regime of October 2024, it is important for those involved in public procurement to start becoming acquainted…
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