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The 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.
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Money 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 of overpaying for public contracts (November 22, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5311162
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The 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 in designing a ‘public interestcentred’ system of public procurement regulation. I show how a…
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Equality Qualities in Public Procurement Law Elior Korem – Public Procurement Law Review
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Public Procurement Research Group – University of Nottingham
The Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG) is a global leader in research and teaching on public procurement law and policy. We work with governments and international organisations as well as academics, practitioners, students and civil society around the world. Public Procurement Research Group – The University of Nottingham
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NAO – Lessons learned report – competition in public procurement – 19 July 2023
This report is a useful reminder for us all on what we should be doing to enhance competition in our public procurements. This National Audit Office report examines whether government has mechanisms in place to understand and encourage competition in public procurement, and how government departments can make their use of competition more effective. The…
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Historic documents on Procurement and Contract Management
Everything procurement & contract management
In2 the bargain 