POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 9 NOVEMBER 2020 New PPN on evaluating payment approaches in the procurement of major government contracts The Cabinet Office has recently published a new PPN, PPN 07/20, around taking in account bidder performance in payment the supplier chain. Scope and application The PPN covers major central government contracts with a value of £5 million plus yearly (excluding VAT). It applies to frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems to the extent that authorities expect to call off in-scope contracts from them. Read more Share this article procedures
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 19 MARCH 2020 Cabinet Office PPN on Covid-19 and urgent direct awards As part of responses to the current pandemic, authorities may need to urgently procure goods, services and works which in more ordinary times would require a competitive procurement process to be run. Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 2 JULY 2019 Court refuses to keep Circle in suspense... The Court refuses Circle's request to suspend the award of a medical services contract in Nottingham, pending a review of the fairness of the procurement at full trial. Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 13 MARCH 2019 Brexit - deal or no deal guidance on procurement After a turbulent day in Parliament yesterday, there is still little clarity on what will happen on 29 March or whether that timetable will be extended. Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 17 DECEMBER 2018 Procurement demystified? The Crown Commercial Service has published a note alerting us to the fact that its "Mystery Shopper" service has undergone a re-launch and is now known as the Public Procurement Review Service. Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 18 NOVEMBER 2018 New developments The Court of Appeal has just handed down its judgment in the case of Faraday Development Ltd v West Berkshire Council. This judgment is one of the most important developments in procurement law this year. Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 5 NOVEMBER 2018 All bidders are equal, but are some 'more equal' than others? One of the questions we are regularly asked is about the operation of the equal treatment principle in a situation where an incumbent provider is taking part in the re-procurement of a contract. Share this article
POSTED BY HELEN PRANDY | 1 OCTOBER 2018 Abnormally low ... again With all the excitement it is perhaps not surprising that the latest determination by a judge of what Regulation 69 requires a Contracting Authority to do (or not do) passed by without comment from this blog. Share this article
POSTED BY JENNY BERESFORD-JONES | 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 No deal Brexit? The government has just published a tranche of papers outlining the potential impact of a no deal Brexit. Share this article
POSTED BY HELEN PRANDY | 29 AUGUST 2018 Delivering on logistics This firm recently successfully defended the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care against a claim by DHL Supply Chain Limited for summary judgment in connection with the procurement of a new logistics contract. Share this article
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