Recent reports, such as that published by Middlesbrough Council earlier this year exploring their value for money arrangements, have outlined how some local authorities have struggled to secure economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of resources. With several high-profile section 114 notices also being issued by authorities including Birmingham City Council in late 2023, this article explores key
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 provisions of those
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 Act, including the
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 its implications for BSA members
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
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
