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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)...

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

For any procurement falling under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) there are only two competitive tendering procedures – the open...

From 24 February, procurement law changes, so you have to use the 'open' procedure or the ‘competitive flexible' procedure when running...

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...

One would have thought that with a new Government, 45 pages of Regulations and amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) and related...

I have been reflecting that there are several places where the Cabinet Office guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) does not...

The Ada Lovelace Institute (ADA), an independent research institute which aims to ensure that data and AI ‘work for people and society’,...

As you may have seen, the Cabinet Office has announced that the go-live date for the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) has been delayed and...

The Welsh Government has published a new Code of Practice (the Code) which came into effect on 1 September and applies principles and...