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In a mini-competition run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the invitation to submit mini-tenders told framework suppliers...

Technical specifications seem to be featuring in the European case law at the moment. In an earlier blog I discussed a case on sewage...

A case on Belgian sewage pipes may not be of immediate interest to UK procurement practitioners. Let me tell you why it's important....

The Crown Commercial Service has replaced Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 3/23 with a new PPN and new Standard Selection Questionnaire...

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...

As a result of Brexit, we have lost right to use VAT-exclusive values in the public procurement rules. The Government has finally passed...

An important new case has raised doubts as to whether it is legitimate to average evaluators' scores. In Bromcom Computers v United...

First, it was Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 11/20 on reserving below threshold contracts for local suppliers and now it is PPN 1/22 on...

I was talking about the Building Safety Bill proposals at the NHMF conference yesterday, alongside my colleague Lorna Kenyon-Pain from...

Procurement practitioners may be alarmed to see yet another update to the transparency requirements in PPN (Procurement Policy Note)...

Last week the National Housing Federation issued its decarbonisation guide. The guide includes an absolute zero target for scope 1...

The Supreme Court decision in the Triple Point case has clarified two legal principles that are important for construction and other...