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Implementing Net Zero: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the Procurement of Major Government Contracts

On 5 June 2021, the Government published Procurement Policy Note 06/21. This will require suppliers bidding for major government contracts to provide a Carbon Reduction Plan at the selection stage and commit to achieving Net Zero by 2050.

When do the provisions of PPN 06/21 apply?

The provisions of PPN 06/21 apply to procurements by Central Government Departments, their Executive

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Public Procurement Update June 2021

On 03 June 2021, the Government issued the National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS), and the associated Procurement Policy Note (PPN).

What does each document do?

The NPPS sets out priorities for public procurement from now until the end of 2024, and discusses how contracting authorities can incorporate these priorities into their day-to-day procurement activities.

The PPN gives background information on

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‘A step in the right direction’: Sharpe Pritchard’s response to the Government’s Green Paper on transforming public procurement

Sharpe Pritchard’s Procurement Working Group has recently responded to the Government’s Green Paper Transforming Public Procurement, which outlines the Government’s proposals for reforming what it describes as the ‘outdated’ public procurement regime following the UK’s exit from the EU.

The proposals aim to remove the current process driven procedures and create a streamlined and flexible approach that contracting authorities

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Ending an Automatic Contract Making Suspension by Withdrawing the Decision to Award the Contract.

Introduction

The coming together of these two elements in the procurement of public contracts under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR” ) was recently considered in Aquilla Heywood Ltd v. Local Pensions Partnership Administration Ltd [2021] EWHC 114. This decision is likely to remain relevant after the PCR rides into the sunset as the recently published Green Paper proposes

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Public Procurement of Housing Works and Services – Leaseholder Consultation

We are often asked to advise public housing bodies on the procurement of works and services for the repair and maintenance of their housing stock and, in particular, on the interplay between the procurement rules set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR”)[1] and the obligation to consult leaseholders[2] on the resultant service charges that the public

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