The Cabinet Office updated the Procurement Policy Note 01/22 – Contracts with suppliers from Russia and Belarus, alongside a list of frequently asked questions (“PPN”) to reflect modifications relating to the Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022 No. 741 (“Order”). The Order amended the constraints of section 17 of the Local Government
On 20 June 2022, the Technology and Construction Court issued its judgment in Braceurself Ltd v NHS England [2022] EWHC 1532 (TCC).
The case considered a nationwide re-procurement for orthodontic services where the defendant misunderstood the claimant’s answer to one of the competition questions and this resulted in its bid being unsuccessful with a 2.5% difference. Specifically, one
On 30th June, the Government published “Transforming Public Procurement – our transparency ambition” (the “Policy Paper”)
Those following the Procurement Bill’s (the “Bill”) passage through Parliament will have noted that ‘transparency’ no longer features as an express procurement principle and is to be replaced with specific steps to be taken by contracting authorities
Updated on [ 04.07.2022 ] July 2022
On 30 June, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities made the Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022 No. 741 (“Order”), amending the constraints of section 17 of the Local Government Act 1988 (“LGA 1988”) such that local authorities described in the LGA
The first draft of the long-awaited Procurement Bill (the ‘Bill’) was published on 12th May, the day after the Queen’s Speech. The Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 25th May, and we expect to see changes to the legislation as it makes its way through the parliamentary process. The Bill is substantial
The latest victory for campaigning litigants the Good Law Project (GLP) relates to decisions made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (the SoS) to directly award nine contracts for PPE to suppliers referred by Ministers and MPs, using Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR). This regulation allows the
