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It is hard to believe that it will be a year since, amid all the rain, UKREiiF 2024 was hit by the announcement of a General Election....

Section 12 of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) requires that contracting authorities (a) have regard to the fact that small and...

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...

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

Local authorities and housing associations are at the centre of many land-based projects, whether this is for small-scale developments,...

Earlier this week, my colleague Dr Steven Brunning and I held a webinar to outline the main changes to the exclusions provisions that the...

The Department for Education has recently published updated guidance on procuring school uniform supplies.  The guidance is aimed at...

Helpful guidance is now beginning to emerge from the Cabinet Office, ‘covering subjects from transitional arrangements and covered...

In a successful procurement claim, one of the forms of relief commonly sought is the recovery of damages. Where the automatic suspension...

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...