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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...

Contracting authorities will have seen that there is a range of obligations relating to key performance indicators (KPIs) under the...

Social Housing Development and the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) What package? Where a developer offers to sell land, but only if it builds...

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

The commissioning of social care has taken place during times of budgetary constraints and considerable demand for decades, where...

In this Procurement UnpACked, we explore the new rules for procuring below-threshold contracts following the enactment of the Procurement...

In this Procurement UnpACked, we explore how contracting authorities should approach modifying public contracts following the Procurement...

After attending the many insightful sessions at Procurement Act Live last week, I’ve been reflecting on the key messages that emerged...

One of the key changes the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) has introduced is the distilling of the various procedures available under the...

As 5.30 pm on Friday 21 February 2025 beckons, councils and other contracting authorities are busy as they seek to launch their last...

Contracting authorities may be pleased to hear that the framework purchasing tool will still be available under the Procurement Act 2023...

Alongside the demise of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) we see the end of the (perhaps less used but equally exciting)...