03 Oct, 2024 Making the procurement of technology work equitably for people and society By Steven Brunning The Ada Lovelace Institute (ADA), an independent research institute which aims to ensure that data and AI ‘work for people and society’,...
04 Jun, 2024 Conditional contracts: Can a council as landowner (LPA) enter into a s106 agreement with itself, in its capacity as LPA? By Isham Souffi In some instances, a developer may wish to make a contract conditional on completion of a s106 agreement whereby the council is also the...
08 May, 2024 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)...
03 May, 2024 Department for Education publishes guidance on procuring school uniforms By Rumandeep Dhariwal The Department for Education has recently published updated guidance on procuring school uniform supplies. The guidance is aimed at...
23 Apr, 2024 The Procurement Act 2023 – Go live date released plus transitional guidance By Steven Brunning The Cabinet Office has confirmed that they are working towards a ‘go-live’ date for the Procurement Act of Monday 28 October 2024. This...
28 Mar, 2024 Court extends the burden on contracting authorities in drafting standstill letters By Andrew Millross I have just read the case of OCS Group UK Limited v Community Health Partnerships Limited. It concerned an application for the disclosure...
05 Dec, 2023 Knowledge drops on the Procurement Act released By Steven Brunning The Government Commercial Function has just released three sets of high-level ‘Knowledge Drops’ designed to provide an overview of the...
09 Jun, 2023 General change clause not sufficient By Andrew Millross The James Waste case* concerned whether a temporary change to a waste contract was permitted under Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts...
19 Oct, 2022 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme - Phase 3b applications due by the end of the month By Gayle Monk The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), open to a range of public sector bodies, has opened up Phase 3b, with applications due...
05 Apr, 2022 Greening your supply chain - webinar By Natalie Barbosa My colleague, Gayle Monk and I are hosting a webinar at the end of the month, 'Greening your supply chains', where we'll be talking about...
30 Mar, 2022 Digital, data and technology get their own playbook By Steven Brunning The Government has just released new guidance on sourcing and contracting for digital, data and technology projects and programmes....
10 Aug, 2021 Urgent health and safety repairs? Academies told to use reserves By Anthony Collins The Department for Education has recently published revised guidance on the availability of Urgent Capital Support (accessible here) when...