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Understanding the new Procurement Act 2023: What suppliers need to know - Part 2

VWV

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. In practice, this is unlikely to have a significant impact on the award criteria. What changes will I see to the decision to award a contract?

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Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

VWV

As part of the roll out of the new Procurement Act 2023 (the Act), the Cabinet Office is releasing a suite of 38 guidance documents. Contract Award Notices and Standstill - The mandatory standstill period is changing under the Act, from 10 calendar days to 8 working days. Alternatively, you can fill out the form below.

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Update on Timing for Public Procurement Reforms

VWV

The Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement represents a radical change to the UK procurement laws which promises consolidation of the current public procurement framework, greater flexibility in the procurement process and award criteria and increased transparency. When Will This Come Into Effect? This has now been delayed.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. In 2023, the LPPO added a set of key sustainability performance indicators to its procurement dashboard.

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The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins. P-R Procurement Act 2023 The Procurement Act 2023 is the UKs new law replacing older public procurement rules. This is often used for complex contracts where standard solutions don’t help.

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Who Are the Key Players in Public Procurement?

Tracker Intelligence

One important step in changing public procurement is the recently adopted Procurement Act 2023 , which supersedes the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office is essential in setting government procurement policies and implementing reforms such as the Procurement Act 2023.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. This criterion was then further refined with sub-criteria and a 0-100 scaling system. In total, we're talking 117 new trains at a cost close to €800M.

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