3/21/2025 4:19:57 PM Procurement UnpACked: health and social care procurement - what does good look like? By Sophie McFie-Hyland The commissioning of social care has taken place during times of budgetary constraints and considerable demand for decades, where...
3/20/2025 1:34:00 PM Procurement UnpACked - Below threshold contracts By Mark Cook In this Procurement UnpACked, we explore the new rules for procuring below-threshold contracts following the enactment of the Procurement...
3/7/2025 5:04:31 PM Modifying public contracts – Staying alert to two regimes By Alex Lawrence In this Procurement UnpACked, we explore how contracting authorities should approach modifying public contracts following the Procurement...
3/3/2025 9:22:25 AM Reflections on Procurement Act Live: Key takeaways and insights By Amy Callahan-Page After attending the many insightful sessions at Procurement Act Live last week, I’ve been reflecting on the key messages that emerged...
2/27/2025 1:26:19 PM Procurement UnpACked: Preparing your markets, and yourselves, for the Competitive Flexible Procedure By Gayle Monk Richard Brooks One of the key changes the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) has introduced is the distilling of the various procedures available under the...
2/20/2025 10:50:31 AM The final curtain for decades-old procurement in England, Northern Ireland and Wales? By Mark Cook As 5.30 pm on Friday 21 February 2025 beckons, councils and other contracting authorities are busy as they seek to launch their last...
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)...
2/13/2025 6:23:27 PM Where there's muck there's...plastic - or equivalent By Andrew Millross A case on Belgian sewage pipes may not be of immediate interest to UK procurement practitioners. Let me tell you why it's important....
2/7/2025 2:45:48 PM Procurement UnpACked: Open procedure – Open sesame By Priya Kale Alex Lawrence For any procurement falling under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) there are only two competitive tendering procedures – the open...
2/6/2025 5:11:29 PM 'Restrict' your panic when using the competitive flexible procedure… By Richard Brooks Sophie McFie-Hyland From 24 February, procurement law changes, so you have to use the 'open' procedure or the ‘competitive flexible' procedure when running...
1/9/2025 11:00:43 AM It’s nearly all change for public procurement By Chanel Quigley You will have seen that the Cabinet Office announced a delay to the commencement of the Procurement Act (the Act) – the date is now set...