PLC Public Sector reports:

Public procurement litigation, as we often state, is on the rise.  Rarely a week goes by without a new case highlighting an issue that impacts on how public procurement processes should be run.  Taking account of these issues is of huge importance, with the risk that legal proceedings could stop an award process, potentially costing large sums of money and impacting on service delivery.  However it is important that the focus on the process does not lead to the substance of any public procurement - the contract - being neglected.

In this post, we highlight two recent cases that may not necessarily have had the highest profile in the public sector but from which important lessons can be learnt.

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PLC Public Sector reports:

While the focus of much of the country has been on the general election campaign and talk of coalition deals, developments in public procurement law and policy have continued to come thick and fast in the last 6 weeks.

In this post we review these developments highlighting the key issues for those who fear that something may have slipped off their radar amid all the excited talk of “the New Politics”.

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Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions.

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The 2010 elections will be remembered not only for the cliff-hanging result of the Parliamentary elections but also for the scenes of chaos that took place at some of the country’s polling stations on election night as long queues meant many voters were excluded from exercising their right to vote as returning officers obeyed election rules and turned people away.

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PLC Public Sector reports:

Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions. (more…)

PLC Public Sector reports:

Any plans made by returning officers to get a good night’s sleep on Thursday before returning refreshed to count the votes cast in the general election on Friday morning took a blow when the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 was passed in the “wash up” that followed Gordon Brown’s visit to the Queen to dissolve Parliament.

However, the Act still does provide some scope for returning officers who believe they have good reason to delay the start of vote counting to do so.  This post outlines when this may be possible and, importantly for those returning officers that have decided to delay starting the count, what they have to do.

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PLC Public Sector reports:

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