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  • 26 June 2018
  • Public Procurement

Challenging a procurement award: what are the possible outcomes?

Losing a tender is never a welcome experience, especially when significant time and money has been expended on preparing your bid. In some cases, there may be good reasons to challenge the outcome legally. But what are the possible outcomes of challenging the award of a public contract?

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  • 01 February 2018
  • Public Procurement

Public procurement: will my bid remain confidential?

One of the concerns bidders often have when submitting tenders for public contracts is whether other bidders will be able to obtain access to their confidential pricing information.

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  • 08 January 2018
  • Public Procurement

Does failing a pass/fail question = disqualification?

The Ministry of Defence tendered a contract worth around £385m for the provision of port, maritime and logistical support services to the Royal Navy.
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  • 04 July 2017
  • Public Procurement

How to submit a winning public tender bid

The most important step in winning a public tender is writing a first-class bid. Making sure that your bid addresses each aspect of the tender questions and provides evidence where required is key to achieving that.
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  • 02 June 2017
  • Public Procurement

Perfecting Imperfect Bids Part 2 – Advocate General’s Opinion

Whether in a public works, service or supply contract a bidding consortium must be allowed to amend its bid following tender submission where one key criteria applicable to that consortium had changed.
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  • 02 June 2017
  • Public Procurement

When is a clarification not a clarification?

In a tender for a public works, service or supply contract once a tender has been submitted what is permitted under Directive 2004/18/EC by way of clarification of that tender submission

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  • 01 June 2017
  • Public Procurement

Can you use procurement law to halt development?

If a local authority does not comply, one or more of the unsuccessful bidders may have grounds to challenge the award of the contract. But what about non-bidders? When deciding to redevelop a vacant or run down part of town, procurement law is just one of the many factors a local authority will need to consider.
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  • 11 May 2017
  • Public Procurement

10 Tips for Challenging the Result of a Public Tender

Following our recent webinar, we have produced some “Top Tips” which we hope that any business which finds itself challenging a procurement award will find useful.
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  • 21 February 2017
  • Public Procurement

Public Procurement: Challenging the Tender Documents

Useful guidance has been given by the courts on the management of procurement challenges where the complaint relates to the tender documents themselves.
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