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We work closely with our clients and their other external advisors, cultivating excellent working relationships and become integral members of the project or procurement teams. This helps us to fully understand our clients’ requirements, aims and objectives and to reflect these in the drafting of tender and contractual documentation.

We draft and/or advise on all tender documentation (including advertisements, contract notices, pre-qualification questionnaires, invitations to tender, invitations to participate in dialogue or competitive negotiation, invitations to submit final tenders, standstill letter/regulation 86 notices, contract award notices and VEAT notices).

Throughout the process, we ensure that the conduct of the procurement process and the content of the tender documentation are legally compliant.

“Standout practice group, which is regularly involved in high-profile cases. Offers broad commercial litigation capabilities, alongside expertise in procurement challenges.”

Chambers & Partners

Our comprehensive expertise includes:

Contracts & contracting structures

Governance and joint ventures

Information control

Judicial review

Procurement challenges

Procurement strategy

Risk management

Key contacts
Chris Tayton

PARTNER

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+44 118 960 4691
Emma Butcher

PARTNER

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+44 118 960 4671

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  • 12 December 2022
  • Public Procurement

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  • 21 November 2022
  • Public Procurement

Public procurement – what is coming up in 2023?

Next year will see the biggest changes to public procurement law in more than a decade when the Procurement Bill 2022 passes into law (this is currently expected to be sometime around mid-2023). 
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  • 07 October 2022
  • Public Procurement

Procurement challenges

Taking prompt advice is essential as unsuccessful bidders have just ten days within which to issue court proceedings if they want to benefit from the automatic suspension provided for in the Regulations, which prevents the contracting authority from awarding the contract to anyone else.
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  • 13 September 2022
  • Public Procurement

Procurement Challenge – we should have won

There is little more disheartening for a bid writer or other procurement specialist, after investing time and energy into preparing the best possible bid to win a public contract, than receiving a letter politely explaining that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion but hoping that you will, all the same, bid for future contracts when the opportunity arises.
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  • 06 September 2021
  • Public Procurement

Top tips for making clarification questions work

Clarification questions are an integral part of any procurement process. Do not be afraid of submitting them – it is better to raise a question (even if it then means that your competitors get the benefit of the responses provided) than to make an incorrect assumption about what the contracting authority wants.
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  • 25 February 2021
  • Public Procurement

Public Procurement Annual Update 2021

With major changes to public procurement on the horizon, this year’s annual update is more important than ever. Everyone working in public procurement will be affected.
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“I was so impressed with the service that we received. We have subsequently found out that, as we suspected, this was the replacement for a very significant framework. That makes the result immeasurably more important to us. I have always said that Clarkslegal was a first class firm and this result, together with the manner of the service provided, admirably underpins my long held view.”

ChandlerKBS

“We engaged Clarkslegal to support us with a procurement issue. They quickly understood our position and represented us effectively within challenging timescales. I found their service to be thorough, professional and responsive.” 

Itec Training Solutions Limited

Contact Chris

0118 958 5321