Procurement

Navigating the Provider Selection Regime (Wales) Regulations 2025

Nicola Cullen explores the implementation and implications of the Provider Selection Regime (Wales) Regulations 2025, offering insights into its scope, processes, and practical considerations for contracting authorities.

August 18, 2025

Navigating the Provider Selection Regime (Wales) Regulations 2025

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City council ordered to pay £100k costs in early stages of procurement dispute about e-bike concession contract

August 01, 2025

Many local authority staff unaware of ‘first responder’ responsibilities in tackling modern slavery, report warns

July 28, 2025

Council removes firm from blacklist of building products suppliers after judicial review challenge

Jul 23, 2025

Government pauses debarment investigations into firms named in Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Jul 15, 2025

Judge allows employee of unsuccessful bidder to be part of confidentiality ring in legal challenge over award of e-bike concession contract

Jul 08, 2025

Cabinet office launches 10-week Procurement Reform Consultation

Jun 27, 2025

Mayor of London cleared of breach of code of conduct over Taylor Swift concert tickets

Jun 20, 2025

Public bodies urged not to leave consideration of form of contract to last minute as Government unveils £9bn investment to tackle infrastructure backlogs

Jun 20, 2025

Auditors find failure to follow procurement rules but no evidence of criminal activity in appointment by council of contractor for diversity programme

Jun 05, 2025

High Court gives green light to fire solutions manufacturer for legal challenge to council ban on use of its products

May 19, 2025

TLT advises city council on procurement of joint delivery partner for major regeneration project

May 15, 2025

Plan to spend £1m on grounds maintenance rescinded after “unsafe” decision-making process

Apr 29, 2025

Ashfords bolsters procurement team with partner hire

Apr 29, 2025

HMRC to crack down on “tax avoidance” by residential care providers through use of VAT grouping structures

Apr 28, 2025

Transport for London excludes firm from tender over change to diversity commitments

Apr 24, 2025

High Court lifts automatic suspension in procurement dispute over £46m care and support services contract, refuses expedited trial

Apr 03, 2025

Spending watchdog issues lessons learned report for public bodies considering how to finance new public infrastructure

Mar 25, 2025

Insulation company banned by Royal borough from projects after being named in Grenfell Tower Inquiry seeks judicial review

Feb 25, 2025

Hugh James expands commercial team with partner hire

Feb 17, 2025

Missed red flags led to council overspend running into millions of pounds, independent investigators find

Jan 24, 2025

Anthony Collins bolsters procurement team with legal director hire

Jan 24, 2025

Integrated Care Board secures lifting of automatic suspension in procurement dispute over provision of urgent treatment centre

Jan 23, 2025

Procurement rules see city council reconsider approach to buying energy from community groups

Jan 09, 2025

Capsticks hires public procurement disputes specialist as partner in Leeds office

Jan 06, 2025

Competition watchdog launches investigation into possible bid-rigging over school improvement contracts

Dec 12, 2024

Judge says serious issue to be tried in procurement case against social landlord but lifts automatic suspension

Dec 05, 2024

Competition watchdog writes open letter to councils on street furniture contracts and exclusivity clauses

Dec 03, 2024

Government launches subsidy control consultation on increasing thresholds, introducing new streamlined routes

Nov 27, 2024

Public bodies procuring for NHS to be required to work with suppliers to identify and mitigate risks of modern slavery

Nov 21, 2024

NHS trust withdraws award of £65m contract after threat of procurement challenge

Nov 21, 2024

Thinktank calls for taskforce to tackle “significant” challenges facing public sector AI procurement

Nov 15, 2024

Bird & Bird hires procurement specialist as partner in London

Nov 12, 2024

Local authorities being left without adequate support to procure AI in public interest, research finds

Oct 03, 2024

Government delays Procurement Act commencement date by four months

Sep 12, 2024

Warnings issued over “adversarial approach to contract management” ahead of PFI expiry

Sep 12, 2024

Firms condemned in Grenfell report to be excluded from public contracts, Starmer says

Sep 06, 2024

Bromley road sweeper told by employer he cannot accept donations from fundraiser due to contractual obligations with council

Aug 15, 2024

Council failed to comply with procurement law, external auditors say

Jul 29, 2024

Browne Jacobson bolsters procurement team with partner appointment

Jul 16, 2024

High Court issues disclosure ruling in £100m dispute over alleged wrongful termination of contract for supply of Covid-19 lateral flow test kits

Jul 11, 2024

Competition Appeals Tribunal allows truck manufacturers to put forward mitigation defences in claim brought by 138 local authorities over cartel

Jul 11, 2024

Council loses dispute over definition of procurement exercise

Jul 03, 2024

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Millbrook Healthcare Limited v Devon County Council – Its impact on local government procurement

Oliver Dickie, Christopher Watkins and George McLellan dive into the recent High Court judgment on interim relief in procurement claims.

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IPA guidance 2025: Managing PFI distress and preparing for expiry

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Jul 03, 2025

Automatic suspensions and the public interest

Tim Care provides a summary of the recent case of Unipart Group Ltd v Supply Chain Coordination Ltd [2025], and assesses its impact upon the application of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).