| 1 | Case study: Public sector participation in social enterprise ... A case study detailing the materials available on PLC Public Sector that would assist local authorities wishing to participate in a social enterprise organisation. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Case study: Shared services IT project A case study detailing the materials available on PLC Public Sector that would assist local authorities with shared service projects. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO): an overview This practice note provides an overview of the charitable incorporated organisations (CIO) which is a new legal form of corporate body with limited liability designed specifically for charities. It includes links to our detailed resources on the CIO. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Key changes under the Health and Social Care Act 2012: a ... A quick guide to the main changes being introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012, including details of key implementation dates. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Localism Act 2011 toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on the Localism Act 2011. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | PPP/PFI in the UK A practice note outlining the use of public private partnerships (PPP) and private finance initiative (PFI) projects in the UK. Please note that this practice note is currently being updated to take account of the government's announcement of details PF2 on 5 December 2012. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Public procurement in the UK: a quick guide A quick guide to the obligations imposed on public bodies by the public procurement regime and the remedies available to a supplier of goods or services if a public body fails to comply. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | Shared services and partnership working: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on shared services, partnership working and outsourcing, including links to all the relevant materials. For materials on staff issues and TUPE see Staff transfers under TUPE. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Staff transfers under TUPE: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on staff transfers under TUPE, including links to all the relevant materials. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 10 | Best value: considerations in outsourcing A practice note on the best value regime, how it has developed and best value considerations in outsourcing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Best value: implications for employment law A practice note outlining the implications of the best value regime for employment law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Collaborative procurement: taking advantage of another ... A note considering how a public authority can utilise a contract awarded by another public authority. The note considers the three main possibilities: Awarding a call-off contract under a framework agreement. Entering into a separate contract directly with the other public authority's provider. Entering into a contract with the other public authority, who will then subcontract the provision of the services. The note considers the legal issues involved in these three options and also the circumstances when it may be appropriate to use them. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Competitive dialogue procedure A practice note on the competitive dialogue procurement procedure. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Framework agreements let under the public procurement ... A practice note on setting up and using framework agreements in compliance with the procurement regime. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | FSA regulation and registration of friendly societies An overview of the regulation and registration of friendly societies by the FSA under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), the Friendly Societies Act 1974 and the Friendly Societies Act 1992. | Practice notes | 31-Mar-2013 |
| 16 | Industrial and provident societies This note sets out how to form and register the two types of industrial and provident society; the community benefit society and the co-operative society. The note describes the rights of members and directors of such societies, the capital requirements for a society, the conversion process from a society to a limited company and the dissolution process. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Local authority joint ventures A note on the uses, options and establishment of joint venture vehicles by local authorities. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Local government: appointment of members and officers to ... A note on local authorities' powers to appoint members and officers to external organisations, and the implications of their participation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Local government: powers to participate in external ... A note on local authorities' powers to participate in external organisations and the procurement implications arising from their participation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Localism Act 2011 A practice note on the measures set out in the Localism Act, which received Royal Assent on 15 November 2011, and their implications for local government. Key measures covered in the note include: The general power of competence. Reforms of the planning system. Changes to local government governance. Reform of the delivery of social housing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Mutualising public services This note explores the recent trend towards mutualising public services. The principal aims of this note are to explain: The relationship between mutualisation projects and other attempts to reform public services. What key steps need to be taken to implement a mutualisation project. What the main challenges are for those who seek to undertake a mutualisation project. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | OJEU notices This note provides guidance on when an OJEU notice ought to be completed and how to do so. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Part B, below threshold and other procurements outside the ... This Practice note covers the issues that arise when contracting authorities procure contracts that are not subject to the full procurement regime. For an overview of the whole of the procurement regime, see Practice note, Public procurement in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Partnership working between the public sector and the third ... This note considers the issues a public body may encounter when contracting with or setting up a third sector organisation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | Partnerships between local government and NHS bodies This note sets out the relevant powers enabling local authorities and NHS bodies to enter into partnership arrangements and discusses the practical issues that should be considered in relation to the partnering arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Procuring public concession contracts This Practice note considers the definition of a public concession (works and services) and when it will be appropriate to use one. It also looks at how the procurement regime applies to concessions (including a review of the European Commmission's interpretative communication on concession agreements).This note does not consider the accounting treatment of public concessions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Public procurement of ICT This note covers the procurement (including outsourcing) of telecommunications and information goods and services by the public sector. The note explains the practical and policy boundaries and regulatory regime for these procurements, examines the use of framework agreements by the public sector, analyses the standard contract documentation developed for the public sector by the Office of Government Commerce and others, and addresses the key contentious issues which arise when the public sector engages with the private sector. NOTE: this practice note is in the process of being rewritten by Richard Bonnar and PLC Public Sector and a revised version will be published during the course of 2013. | Practice notes | 14-Feb-2011 |
| 28 | Public sector transparency programme and future ... A practice note on the government's transparency programme and future developments in the transparency agenda. The note: Provides an overview of the government's transparency requirements. Summarises some of the relevant guidance on implementing the transparency requirements. Highlights some of the privacy implications of the transparency requirements. Looks at the impact of the transparency requirements on public procurement processes. Looks at future legal developments in relation to transparency and rights to data. Provides a checklist to help public sector lawyers advise their organisations on the transparency requirements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Retention of employment model This practice note provides an overview of the retention of employment model (RoE) looking specifically at the use of RoE in relation to transfers of services from the public sector to the private sector. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Secondment agreements A note on the issues to consider when drafting or reviewing secondment agreements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 31 | Shared services in the public sector: an introduction A note introducing the public sector shared services initiative, looking at what services are suitable for a shared delivery approach and the risks and benefits of sharing services. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Shared services in the public sector: key legal issues A note considering the key legal issues that must be considered in any public sector shared services project. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | Shared services in the public sector: structures for delivery A note looking at the various project structures that can be used in public sector shared services projects and addressing the issues that are likely to arise when implementing them. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | Social enterprises: legal structures A note considering the legal forms available to a public authority, or other organisation, thinking of setting up a social enterprise. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | TUPE and tendering local authority service contracts This practice note sets out the actions a local authority should take during the procurement process where the new contract involves a transfer of staff under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) (TUPE). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 36 | University spin-outs: overview An overview of the key considerations and steps required in commercialising the intellectual property rights in university research programmes. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 37 | Volunteering and internships: employment law issues A note exploring the legal and practical employment law issues relevant to volunteering and internships (or work experience). The note considers the status of volunteers and interns and whether organisations have any legal obligations towards them (including whether they need to be paid the national minimum wage). It also considers the implications for employers whose employees volunteer in other organisations. | Practice notes | Maintained |