Liberation: dashed hope of guidance
On Friday the High Court usefully clarified one of the technical conditions (that of being "an earner") for a member to have a statutory right to transfer to an occupational pension scheme (OPS).
23 February 2016
The Big Procurement Switch: Find A Tender
The Find a Tender Service (FTS) will replace OJEU / TED in the UK for procurement started after 23:00 on 31 December 2020. This article summarises PPN 08/20
01 December 2020
Procurement Challenges: High Court reiterates the importance of getting limitation right
A recent High Court decision has reiterated the importance of challenging procurement decisions at the right time: Riverside Truck Rental Limited v Lancashire County Council
26 May 2020
Procurement challenges: court guidance for authorities, bidders and procurement lawyers
Court procurement challenges are complex and often urgent. The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has published guidance for authorities, bidders and specialist procurement lawyers.
26 July 2017
Procurement challenges: costs awards can be made against non-parties
Preferred bidders need to protect their interests in procurement challenges. They may choose not to be a party to the claim but they may still have to pay another party’s costs.
31 January 2018
The Procurement Bill: progress through the House of Lords
Following the UK’s exit from the EU, the government has set out major reforms to the rules governing public sector buying in the new Procurement Bill
15 August 2022
Procurement clarification on material variation and internal public authority awards
In Edenred (UK Group) Ltd v Her Majesty's Treasury, HMRC and NSI The Court ruled in favour of HM Treasury and commented on the area of material variation and direct awards to public sector bodies.
23 January 2015
Procurement Expert View on Expedited Trials and Automatic Suspension following Camelot’s withdrawn appeal in the National Lottery litigation
We consider the recent range of outcomes in interlinked applications for expedited trials and to lift the automatic suspension
07 September 2022
Remedies under the Procurement Bill
Observations on the proposals in the Procurement Bill regarding remedies and enforcement
31 August 2022
Braceurself Part 2: Successful Claimant denied damages as breach was not “sufficiently serious”
Despite a bidder succeeding in its legal claim, establishing that the Contracting Authority breached procurement law and that it should have been awarded the contract, it has been left without any damages
20 September 2022
Reasons and Reasoning: What’s the right level of record keeping of evaluation decisions?
In this ‘Expert View’ article we look at key cases concerning record keeping of evaluation decisions, and what these decisions mean in practice
01 September 2022
Braceurself: One simple mistake leads to successful procurement challenge on the basis of Manifest Error
A single mistake led the court to conclude that Braceurself should have been awarded a high value contract for dental services. We examine this case as an example of a successful procurement challenge... but which may yet have one final twist in the tale.
02 September 2022