January/February 2013 #10 – Law Journals

Update: Death of the typewriter

Jack Hayward sets the scene for the new year in procurement The inquiry also found that, in seeking to run the complex and, in some respects, novel ICWC franchise process, there was an accumulation of significant errors resulting in a flawed sizing process for the subordinated loan facility. I read the other day that the …

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Contracting: Setting the standard

Dr Sam De Silva reviews the uses of benchmarking Lack of the comparability in the benchmarking is probably the largest source of criticism and dispute in the benchmark process. In the technology industry, where standards of quality tend to rise and costs continuously decline, companies that outsource often seek assurances that market prices and service …

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Practice: Great to integrate?

Al Goodwin considers how a new approach to integrated commissioning might affect current UK procurement law and practice Moving beyond purely legal considerations, the sheer novelty of the Integrator Model poses problems for procurement teams tasked with setting up such a model. As we head (slightly damply) into 2013, new year’s resolutions possibly already crumbling, …

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Planning: Cunning plans

Angus Walker reports on the progress of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill Getting rid of the worst application of SPP is an important improvement and adding flexibility to include other projects is a welcome endorsement of the regime. On 18 October 2012, the government took the first step towards implementing the planning reforms announced in …

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Framework Agreements: You’ve been framed

In the first of a two-part article, Kat Souter and Ruth Smith discuss frameworks and their role in procurement there are limits on the extent to which a supplier can be permitted to ‘supplement’ its original tender, and care should be taken to avoid this distorting competition or resulting in substantial changes to the framework’s …

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Dispute Resolution: Moving the stalls

Jeremy Glover examines the use of expert evidence in procurement disputes The possibility of being able to rely on a detailed expert’s report, dealing with all aspects of the evaluation and out of which a case as to manifest error or unfairness might emerge, would be at least superficially attractive to a claimant. The case …

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Devolution: Brave new world

Dr Stuart Thompson provides an overview of urban growth and associated policy implications The devolution of power to major cities has a number of clear implications for all involved The growth of urban areas is a world-wide phenomenon, but the publication of figures from the 2011 census showed the largest increase, in terms of numbers, …

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