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The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025
The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025 Commencement timeline: From 1 January 2026: From 1 April 2026: Section 69 – Payment Compliance Notices England & NI First Period: 1 Jan 2026 to 31 March 2026 with first notice due…
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Guidance – Linking payments to contracts (Section 70 of Procurement Act 2023)
Linking payments to contracts enhances public procurement transparency, benefiting buyers and suppliers. Starting 1 April 2026, Section 70 of the Procurement Act mandates Contracting Authorities to publish details of payments exceeding £30,000 for new procurements. Compliance involves quarterly submissions using a…
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel Review CR0029-25
Mandatory Dental Services in Oxfordshire The complaint was brought by a bidder who was the original winner of a competitive tender, but after several questions were re-evaluated (prompted by representations from the second placed bidder) the original winner was ranked second.…
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel Issues Log – November 2025
Since its establishment in January 2024, the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel (the Panel) has issued advice and recommendations in response to 18 representations about provider selection processes under the Provider Selection Regime. The Panel has found that certain issues…
Keep readingThe Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2025
𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀) 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
Keep readingThe Local Government (Exclusion of Non commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2026 DRAFT
Local Government Act 1988 Section 17 Matters not to be non-commercial matters
Keep readingProcurement Act Schedule 2 – Thresholds 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027
PPN 023: 2026 Threshold Amounts – GOV.UK The Procurement Act 2023 (Threshold Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Type of contract Thresholds 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027 Including VAT Excluding VAT Works contract £5,193,000 £4,327,500 Goods or services to a central…
Keep reading![SRCL Ltd (t/a Stericycle) v NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board & Ors [2025] EWHC 2964 (TCC)](https://in2thebargain.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/court-case-pic.png?w=400&h=400&crop=1)
SRCL Ltd (t/a Stericycle) v NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board & Ors [2025] EWHC 2964 (TCC)
Automatic suspension lifted under PCR2015 The Court found that damages would be an adequate remedy for SRCL. On that basis alone, the application to lift was successful. The Court was not persuaded by arguments to the contrary advanced by SRCL, commenting…
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel Review CR0023-25 and CR0024-25
This review has highlighted several important issues for commissioners when awarding new contracts using Direct Award Process C. • First, where contracts are low value and/or short term and commissioners wish to carry out an assessment process that is accordingly proportionate, the…
Keep readingInternational SOS Assistance UK Limited v Secretary of State for Defence-[2025] EWHC 2634 (TCC)
The application to lift the automatic suspension was granted on the basis that, on balance, the public benefits derived from the new contract were greater than the risk that damages were not an adequate remedy for the claimant. This is under…
Keep readingInvolve Visual Collaboration Ltd v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2025] EWHC 2664 (TCC)
DWP failed in an application to lift the automatic suspension. This procurement is subject to PCR 2015. The application to lift the automatic suspension was rejected on the basis that there was a serious issue to be tried and damages would…
Keep readingPA2023.org Member Training – Below Threshold Contracts – 16 October 2025
This training was delivered on 16 October 2025 as part of our PA2023.org member programme. PA2023.org exclusive training sessions are scheduled for ticket holding subscribers over the year. Delivered online in bite-size 2 hour sessions focused of specific topics of the…
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel Report CR0021-25 and CR0022-25
Talking Therapies and Psychological Therapies for Severe Mental Health Problems for Mid and South Essex. The Panel found that MSE ICB’s provider selection process for its mental health core services contract breached the PSR regulations in several respects. The Panel’s view…
Keep readingGood practice contract management framework – OGC & The National Audit Office
This good practice framework for contract management (the framework) wasdeveloped in parallel with the National Audit Office report on Central government’s management of service contracts, which was published in December 2008 (HC 65, Session 2008-09) and is available at http://www.nao.org.uk. The…
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Hot Topic – Modifying Public Contracts
Hot topic posts are a collation of resources focused on a specific subject – bringing together related information in one place.
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel Report CR0027-25
Intermediate Minor Oral Surgery Services, Yorkshire and Humber The Panel has decided that while Barkhill’s request meets the Panel’s eligibility criteria, it will not be accepting the case on prioritisation grounds. NHS commissioning » Panel reports
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel Report CR0026-25
The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel has published its first case acceptance decision where a request for the Panel’s advice has been refused on prioritisation grounds. The decision discusses who is eligible to bring cases to the Panel, and shows…
Keep readingThe Significance of Purpose in Purposive Construction of Legislation
Two recent speeches on statutory interpretation by Lord Sales JSC and Lord Burrows JSC. They are a reminder that the now dominant purposive approach to interpretation has not always enjoyed its current status.
Keep readingNHS Social Value Playbook
NHS Commercial guidance on applying social value in the procurement of NHS goods and services. NHS England’s stated policy objective is to meet its net zero carbon targets while achieving its wider social value priorities. Delivery of meaningful social value through…
Keep readingIndependent patient choice and procurement panel review report CR0020-25
Lessons in evaluation and moderation using the competitive process under the PSR regulations. The Panel identified several breaches of the applicable procurement law. The Panel’s view what that those breaches were “sufficiently serious to have had a material effect on its…
Keep readingLime Technology Limited vs Liverpool City Council
This case relates to commercial concerns as to the risk of sensitive information being leaked and/or misused and the establishment of a Confidentiality Ring in proceedings challenging a procurement decision by the Council in relation to a services provision contract.
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel CR0017-25
GP Led Out of Hours Services for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. 1 July 2025 NHS commissioning » Panel reports
Keep readingIndependent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel CR0016-25
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services in Humber and North Yorkshire The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel has published its first report on a contract award using Direct Award Process C. The Panel has advised the commissioner to re-visit its assessment of…
Keep readingMoney for nothing: how quality-price trade-offs in bid scoring increase the risk of overpaying for public contracts
By considering bid evaluation under different price/non-price weightings and contract values this paper shows how contracting authorities could inadvertently pay too much. Citation: Izatt, Janet and Mullett, Timothy L., Money for nothing: how quality-price trade-offs in bid scoring increase the risk…
Keep readingThe Procurement Act 2023’s kaleidoscopic view of the public interest – Albert Sanchez-Graells
JOINT WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF LEGAL SCHOLARS BESTPAPER PRIZE2024 AbstractIn this paper, I explore the notion of public interest embedded in the Procurement Act 2023. I use this new piece of post-Brexit legislation as a contemporary example of the difficulty…
Keep readingCambridgeshire County Council Procurement Breach Report
This report is interesting. Cambridgeshire County Council have established a procurement breach reporting process as part of their internal controls. These controls are set out in their Contract Procedure Rules (CPR). This is a fantastic example of leading practice internal control…
Keep readingEU Guidance – Updated version of Procurement Clauses of AI – 5 March 2025
The revised version of the Clauses, released on 5 March 2025. These MCC-AI have been drafted for public organisations wishing to procure an AI System that is developed or will be developed by an external Supplier. Thes MCC-AI follow largely the…
Keep readingEU Court of Justice, C‑415/23 P, 12 June 2025
Court of Justice, C‑415/23 P, 12 June 2025. Competitive dialogue.Conflict of interest. Switch/hiring staff of (other) bidders during procedure. Be careful.While the principle of equality is not infringed by the mere fact of recruiting, during a competitive dialogue, a managerial employee of…
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Good practice guidance for colleges and academy trusts on novel, contentious and repercussive transactions
The guidance is to help academy trusts and colleges to: It explains: Applies to England Good practice guidance for colleges and academy trusts on novel, contentious and repercussive transactions – GOV.UK
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