The Procurement ClassRoom

JUNE 2, 2024

Standard Bidding Documents , also known as tender documents or solicitation documents , are essential tools in the procurement process. These documents communicate the intent of the procurement entity to enter into contracts with suppliers, contractors, or consultants for the provision of goods , services , or works.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Introduction From up close, public procurement law can be seen as the set of mostly procedural rules controlling the way in which the public sector buys goods, services, and works from the market.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 20, 2025

Public bodies procure goods, services, and works from suppliers on a regular basis, from local councils to central government departments. That’s where contract and tender platforms come in. Historical Data Access : Can you see what tenders have been awarded in the past, so you can look at trends and learn from past bids?

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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. Do I have to run a mini-competition to call off under the framework?

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Simplifying the process and building capacity As part of its review, the agency identified several “conundrums” in its registration procedures and tender requirements. While we now have the classification for women businesses, we want to better understand in which business categories they are most active – consultancies, goods, services?

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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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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The paper will be published in Legal Studies in due course.(*) Public procurement is concerned with the award of contracts for the supply, for pecuniary interest, of goods, services or works to the public sector. It is thus interesting to see how the PA23 has articulated its view of the public interest. Equally, in ss.

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