17 May, 2024 Procuring regeneration projects under the Procurement Act 2023: playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the same order! By Mark Cook Local authorities and housing associations are at the centre of many land-based projects, whether this is for small-scale developments,...
03 May, 2024 In case you missed it: key takeaways from our webinar on exclusions and debarment under the Procurement Act 2023 By Amy Callahan-Page Earlier this week, my colleague Dr Steven Brunning and I held a webinar to outline the main changes to the exclusions provisions that the...
03 May, 2024 Department for Education publishes guidance on procuring school uniforms By Rumandeep Dhariwal The Department for Education has recently published updated guidance on procuring school uniform supplies. The guidance is aimed at...
27 Mar, 2024 Procurement Act 2023 guidance - the revelation commences... By Mark Cook Helpful guidance is now beginning to emerge from the Cabinet Office, ‘covering subjects from transitional arrangements and covered...
19 Feb, 2024 Brace yourselves: The bar has been raised for recovering damages in public procurement claims By Amy Callahan-Page In a successful procurement claim, one of the forms of relief commonly sought is the recovery of damages. Where the automatic suspension...
10 Mar, 2023 An early April Fools? No, just a new standard selection questionnaire By Gayle Monk 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...
09 Dec, 2022 It's coal for Christmas By Gayle Monk Just a month after relinquishing the COP presidency, the UK has taken the perverse decision to approve the opening of the country's first...
29 Sep, 2022 Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - it's time to apply By Gayle Monk Inevitably the turmoil of the last two months has delayed many things, among them the opening up of Wave 2 of the Social Housing...
29 Apr, 2022 Update on public procurement reform – moving away from digital gold plating? By Steven Brunning It has been nearly six months since the Cabinet Office issued its response to the Green Paper: Transforming public procurement...
07 Dec, 2021 Government response to public procurement consultation By Amy Callahan-Page Yesterday the Cabinet Office published its response to a consultation on proposals for reform to public procurement law as detailed in...
25 Aug, 2021 Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund - Wave 1 is now live By Gayle Monk Following a small number of pilots launched earlier in the year, the government opened up applications for Wave 1 of the wider funding...
10 Aug, 2021 Urgent health and safety repairs? Academies told to use reserves By Anthony Collins The Department for Education has recently published revised guidance on the availability of Urgent Capital Support (accessible here) when...