Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Whether you’re a supplier trying to land your first contract, a business just getting into understanding government procurement, or a pro looking to stay on top of compliance, this glossary is your go-to guide. The contracting authority or government agency sets the rules, picks the best supplier, and ensures everything runs smoothly.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Tender 52

VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

Transitional and Saving Arrangements - This sets out the transitional arrangements for existing procurements, framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems, which will generally continue under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and guidance for deciding when the Act applies to new procurements. The guidance note also covers notices.

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Procurement Bidder Tender Supplier 52

VWV

AUGUST 29, 2024

Both the framework and call-offs under it will be governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. There are some exceptions to this; longer terms may be permissible if suppliers are expected to make significant investments and can be justified. Can you direct award a framework? What is the maximum length of a framework?

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Procurement Tender Framework Agreement Supplier 52

VWV

JANUARY 4, 2021

For contracting authorities and suppliers bidding for public sector contracts, the procurement rules remain largely unchanged, at least for the moment. Some minor amendments have been made to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to ensure the rules will work in practice for a UK domestic system.

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Procurement Thresholds Award Criteria Tender 40

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

2015) and the Multi-Genre NLI (Williams et al., Regulators can better promote green procurement by sharing guidance in simpler language that can more readily be reused in procurement notices (and understood by potential suppliers). At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier. 2018) dataset.

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