Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

Solution: An open procurement approach, such as agile procurement methodologies and flexible framework agreements, facilitates quicker decision-making and increases adaptability to emerging technologies. There is research to show that every additional tenderer leads to a price reduction.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 134

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.

Procurement 52

Procurement Bidder Tender Supplier 52

VWV

AUGUST 29, 2024

In this guide we offer practical insights into using frameworks under the new Procurement Act (the Act) and highlight some of the important changes introduced by the Act. Framework agreements are a useful tool for procuring common goods, services and works. If you want to call off under a framework, what do you need to consider?

Procurement 52

Procurement Framework Agreement Tender Supplier 52

VWV

MAY 19, 2021

The public procurement rules recognise there are certain circumstances when public bodies, including universities, can derogate from the general principle of advertising and tendering contract opportunities and directly award a contract. The two key derogations relate to the direct award of new contracts and modifying existing contracts.

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