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We have published SPPN 5/2023 on updates to procurement thresholds

Scottish Government Procurement

We have published a new Scottish Procurement Policy Note (SPPN) on updates to procurement thresholds SPPN 5/2023. This policy note provides changes to financial thresholds to the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

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Public Procurement - New Year, New Rules

VWV

January 2024 - Revised thresholds for new procurements come into effect. Thresholds Along with the new Act, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are also due to be amended to revise the threshold amounts in line with currency fluctuations. Existing threshold (until 31 December 2023) (incl.

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Transforming Procurement - What Can Universities Expect?

VWV

Universities have successfully persuaded the Cabinet Office to introduce a minimum contract value threshold of £2 million in relation to some of the transparency requirements to reduce the administrative burden on universities, particularly regarding the publication of information.

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Kluwer Arbitration ITA Arbitration Report, Volume No. XXII, Issue No. 5 (May 2023)

Kluwer Arbitration

To rule on Forbes IP’s petition, the Court applied the China Trade test which requires the movant to pass two threshold requirements and prevail on the balancing of five discretionary factors. Mexico and New York) and because Forbes IP’s anti-suit injunction would be dispositive of the Mexico Injunction.

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Will U.S. Lawmakers Find Common Ground to Enact De Minimis Reform in 2024?

Import and Trade Remedies

1321) with the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( P.L. 114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. The report also notes that from 2018 to 2021 nearly two-thirds of the 2.3

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NITAAC seeking another 6-month extension for CIO-SP3

Federal News Network

The number of points needed to meet the threshold to win a spot on the contract went down. NITAAC awarded the 10-year CIO-CS GWAC to 64 companies, all value-added resellers (VARs) or other equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in 2015. We rescored and revalidated the bids that we got last fall,” he said.

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Procurement, State Aid, and the Brexit Transition - What Happens Now?

VWV

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. The current procurement thresholds will remain in force.