‘Procurement professionals in all sectors need to be aware of the risk of bid-rigging of contracts they tender, a procurement law expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st June 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Local councils are facing legal action at the High Court today over their decisions to impose boycotts on Israeli goods produced in “illegal” Israeli settlements in the West Bank.’
The Independent, 4th May 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Waltham Forest has successfully applied to the High Court for a procurement challenge to be struck out.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th April 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ministers have ordered an immediate inquiry into allegations that former senior civil servants from the Ministry of Justice have used their Whitehall knowledge and contacts to help private companies secure government contracts worth millions.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘On 15 December 2015, the Commission adopted new Regulations, Regulation (EU) Nos 2015/2340, 2015/2341 and 2015/23421, amending respectively Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC in respect of the relevant thresholds for the application of the procedures for the award of public contracts. The reason for this was to set the new procurement thresholds for the two year period beginning 1 January 2016 and to align the thresholds in the Directives with the thresholds applicable under the Agreement on Government Procurement.’
Henderson Chambers, 10th February 2016
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘Public procurement should never be used as a tool to boycott tenders from suppliers based in other countries, “except where formal legal sanctions, embargoes and restrictions have been put in place by the UK Government”, ministers have said in new guidance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17 February 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lincolnshire County Council has said it will consult its lawyers about the recovery of its costs after a High Court judge set out why in July she rejected a legal challenge to the authority’s plans for its libraries services.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd October 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government is to introduce new rules to stop “politically-motivated” boycotts by local councils.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Councils and local authorities are to be blocked from boycotting Israeli products or pursuing other foreign policy goals that conflict with the government.’
The Guardian, 3rd October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A London borough has successfully applied to the High Court to have lifted an automatic suspension under procurement regulations of the award of a contract for a road traffic CCTV system.’
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Local Government Lawyer, 30th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The procurement process through which an English council awarded a contract for asbestos removal contained “a number of manifest errors” and breaches of equality and transparency requirements, and should therefore be set aside, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st July 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim that the Government’s proposed arrangements for the delivery of tax-free childcare breach domestic and EU public procurement legislation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th April 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Companies that take issue with the way public bodies tender for or award contracts have up to seven days to serve a claim form after it has been issued, a High Court judge has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Heron Bros Ltd v Central Bedfordshire Council [2015] EWHC 604 (TCC); [2015] WLR (D) 137
‘The term “service in accordance with rules of court” in regulation 47F(5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, as amended, meant that valid service was achieved when the relevant step for service of a claim form, set out in CPR r 7.5(1), was completed within the seven-day time limit prescribed by regulation 47F(1).’
WLR Daily, 20th March 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Technology and Construction Court has reiterated that, in considering whether to lift the statutory suspension of the placing of a public contract following a challenge by an unsuccessful tenderer, it will apply the American Cyanamid principles, as those principles are consistent with the requirements of Directive 2007/66/EC on the award of public contracts.’
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Henderson Chambers, 17th March 2015
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
‘Do you provide services to public sector bodies? Do you want to? Whether your customer or target is part of government, or an independent publicly-funded institution such as a hospital or university, you should be aware of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These changes, the majority of which came into force this week, offer greater flexibility in public authority purchasing and increased visibility and supplier access.’
Technology Law Update, 27th February 2015
Source: www.technology-law-blog.com
‘Public bodies can put “relevant” and “proportionate” questions to businesses looking to win low value goods or service contracts at an early stage of procurement without breaching new public procurement rules set to come into force later this month, the UK government has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A councillor at Winchester City Council has won a High Court judicial review challenge over the local authority’s decision to adopt an updated scheme for a £165m city centre redevelopment without conducting a procurement exercise.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th February 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A raft of major changes to the regulation of procurement in the public sector in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is set to be introduced later this month.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘If you’ve seen an advert in the last few years warning you to submit your tax return on time, telling you not to drink and drive, or asking you to consider joining the armed forces, chances are that the company responsible was Group M UK Limited. That company has been at the heart of an important recent case concerning the test for lifting suspensions of contracts in public procurement challenges.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 21st November 2014
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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