2/14/2025 2:46:51 PM Procurement UnpACked: Getting in the right 'framework' of mind By Sophie McFie-Hyland Contracting authorities may be pleased to hear that the framework purchasing tool will still be available under the Procurement Act 2023...
2/13/2025 6:28:53 PM Procurement UnpACked: concession contracts under the Procurement Act 2023 By Gayle Monk Alex Lawrence Alongside the demise of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) we see the end of the (perhaps less used but equally exciting)...
10/30/2023 9:15:43 AM Energy Act 2023 receives Royal Assent By Gayle Monk The Energy Act 2023 received Royal Assent and passed into law on 26 October 2023. Coming at a time of high energy prices and increasing...
3/10/2023 11:13:35 AM An early April Fools? No, just a new standard selection questionnaire By Gayle Monk It will be live from 1 April 2023 but it's no joke - the Cabinet Office has published a new standard selection questionnaire (SQ). From...
12/9/2022 9:52:03 AM It's coal for Christmas By Gayle Monk Just a month after relinquishing the COP presidency, the UK has taken the perverse decision to approve the opening of the country's first...
9/29/2022 8:37:26 AM Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - it's time to apply By Gayle Monk Inevitably the turmoil of the last two months has delayed many things, among them the opening up of Wave 2 of the Social Housing...
8/25/2021 11:26:14 AM Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - Wave 1 is now live By Gayle Monk Following a small number of pilots launched earlier in the year, the government opened up applications for Wave 1 of the wider funding...
12/7/2020 12:04:08 PM Electric vehicles: navigating the legal issues By Gayle Monk The idea of switching to an electric vehicle has long felt like the traditional "chicken or egg" conundrum: I can't switch to an...
11/18/2020 3:26:25 PM A green industrial revolution? At first glance, perhaps By Gayle Monk I am giving away my age (and possibly exposing myself to ridicule) when I admit to loving the film Clueless, a 1990s take on Jane...
11/16/2020 3:01:21 PM Reduce, reuse, recycle: Energy from waste is not a carbon reduction solution By Gayle Monk What we do with our waste is a subject which hits the press from time to time, and the news is rarely good. As an island nation...
11/9/2020 12:03:53 PM Let's not talk about housing, let's talk about homes By Gayle Monk This article in the Municipal Journal hits the nail on the head in describing the struggles that many in the social housing and local...