Planning Update: Procuring clarity

Mark Bassett examines a case concerning the interaction between real estate transactions and the public procurement rules ‘Holgate J determined that the main object of the agreement was not one which fell within the procurement legislation, and he concluded that there was therefore no breach of the Regulations.’ In August 2016 the High Court gave …
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Legislation: The new classic public procurement directive – a curate’s egg?

Helen Randall assesses the efficacy and objectives of Directive 2014/24 ‘Many of the changes in the directive have been implemented with the laudable (but, in the author’s personal view, somewhat naive) objective of encouraging SME participation in government tenders.’The new European public procurement directive (Directive 2014/24) has been billed as bringing more speed, flexibility and …
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