2/13/2025 6:23:27 PM Where there's muck there's...plastic - or equivalent By Andrew Millross A case on Belgian sewage pipes may not be of immediate interest to UK procurement practitioners. Let me tell you why it's important....
2/7/2025 2:45:48 PM Procurement UnpACked: Open procedure – Open sesame By Priya Kale Alex Lawrence For any procurement falling under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) there are only two competitive tendering procedures – the open...
2/6/2025 5:11:29 PM 'Restrict' your panic when using the competitive flexible procedure… By Richard Brooks Sophie McFie-Hyland From 24 February, procurement law changes, so you have to use the 'open' procedure or the ‘competitive flexible' procedure when running...
11/20/2024 2:19:26 PM JCT Measured Term Contract 2024 – what’s new? By Naomi Dowthwaite The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has now published the Measured Term Contract 2024 (MTC 2024). This follows updates to many other...
5/8/2024 12:08:36 PM JCT DB 2024 - what’s new and how will it affect my existing contract forms? By Naomi Dowthwaite The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has now published its first contracts in the 2024 suite: the Design and Build Contract 2024 (DB 2024)...
4/10/2024 2:47:32 PM PPN 03/24 withdraws use of PAS 91 and updates SQ By Andrew Millross The Crown Commercial Service has replaced Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 3/23 with a new PPN and new Standard Selection Questionnaire...
5/16/2023 11:24:44 AM Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement drives changes to the public procurement rules By Andrew Millross The signing of free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand has led to the need for the Government to make a few changes to the...
4/5/2023 9:20:38 PM What a difference a day makes… to JCT payment mechanisms By Amy Callahan-Page A Judgment has recently been handed down in the case of Elements (Europe) Limited v FK Building Ltd [2023] EWHC 726 (TCC). Although the...
1/30/2023 4:49:27 PM When to advertise on Contracts Finder By Andrew Millross As a result of Brexit, we have lost right to use VAT-exclusive values in the public procurement rules. The Government has finally passed...
1/30/2023 2:39:24 PM Judge outlaws averaging evaluators' scores By Andrew Millross An important new case has raised doubts as to whether it is legitimate to average evaluators' scores. In Bromcom Computers v United...
8/9/2022 10:55:13 AM Safety on construction sites: civil engineering firm prosecuted following the tragic death of a seven-year-old child By Precious Mealia Following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Howard Civil Engineering Ltd admitted to failing to take necessary...
6/13/2022 10:10:57 AM Adjudication claims from insolvent companies By Paul Slinger The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has given judgment in a case involving the attempted enforcement of an adjudicator's decision...