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The Crown Commercial Service has replaced Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 3/23 with a new PPN and new Standard Selection Questionnaire...

I have just read the case of OCS Group UK Limited v Community Health Partnerships Limited. It concerned an application for the disclosure...

The Cabinet Office has advised that the planned implementation date for the new procurement regime is now October 2024. The third reading...

The James Waste case* concerned whether a temporary change to a waste contract was permitted under Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts...

The signing of free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand has led to the need for the Government to make a few changes to the...

As a result of Brexit, we have lost right to use VAT-exclusive values in the public procurement rules. The Government has finally passed...

An important new case has raised doubts as to whether it is legitimate to average evaluators' scores. In Bromcom Computers v United...

First, it was Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 11/20 on reserving below threshold contracts for local suppliers and now it is PPN 1/22 on...

I was talking about the Building Safety Bill proposals at the NHMF conference yesterday, alongside my colleague Lorna Kenyon-Pain from...

Procurement practitioners may be alarmed to see yet another update to the transparency requirements in PPN (Procurement Policy Note)...

Last week the National Housing Federation issued its decarbonisation guide. The guide includes an absolute zero target for scope 1...

The case of Blue Sky Solutions v BE Caring contains a warning for organisations that rely on standard terms and conditions for their...