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 is delighted to announce that, Head of Infrastructure, Nicola Sumner, and Head of Strategic Projects and Innovation, Roseanne Serrelli, have jointly received the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2024 Partnership Awards—the “most prestigious recognition of excellence” in the public-private partnership (PPP) sector.
This is in recognition of their joint infrastructure practice at Sharpe Pritchard over 30
On 17 July 2023, the Cabinet Office published the second instalment of the consultation on the draft regulations required to implement the new public procurement regime established by the Procurement Bill (the ‘Bill’). The two consultations are technical consultations, with Part 2 focusing on the notices which must be used by contracting authorities (‘Authorities’) after the Bill
The Good Law Project Limited (the “GLP”) is challenging the direct award by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the “SoS”) of three contracts for the production and supply of rapid Covid-19 antibody tests (the “Contracts”).
The Contracts were awarded in April, June and August 2020 but were only publicly
The Government published its Post- Brexit Green Paper ‘Transforming Public Procurement’ on 15th December 2020 (as previously reported on our website), the stated policy aims being:
“To provide the UK with a modern, fit-for-purpose set of rules, to minimize the bureaucratic burden for contacting authorities and businesses, facilitate innovation and the participation of SMEs, and improve the
Partner and Head of Infrastructure, Nicola Sumner, and Solicitor, Ellen Painter, look at the challenges to infrastructure post-pandemic, along with important opportunities to realign delivery priorities.
In a time of unprecedented challenges, we find ourselves thinking about how the most basic aspects of our lives are working; whether it be struggling to fit onto public transport (let alone socially distancing),
