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...
26 May, 2021 Housing Technology: New software module equals new procurement? By Andrew Millross Alex Lawrence Click here to read the latest edition of Housing Technology featuring our article where we look at public procurement issues through the...
11 Mar, 2021 The Proud Trust - creating a safe space for the LGBT+ community By Alex Lawrence Great to see that we have been able to help The Proud Trust do its amazing work in Manchester through the delivery of this incredibly...
16 Feb, 2021 Procuring contracts without competition - Covid-19 By Alex Lawrence When reading the article below on the Government's decision to continue its relationship with Edenred on free school meals, a particular...