What do I do if…I am unhappy with a public procurement decision or process?

Table of contents

• What are the timescales for bringing a procurement challenge?
• Time-bar
• The standstill period
• On what grounds can an unhappy tenderer bring a procurement challenge?
• Procurement principles
• Manifest error
• Who can bring a challenge?
• Is there anything I have to do before I bring a challenge in court?
• How do I start a procurement challenge?
• What remedies are available?

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Article summary

Public Law analysis: In most competitions, there can only be one winner. When it comes to bidding for a public contract, the rules are not much different. In this article, Charles Livingstone, Jamie Dunne and Martha Speed of Brodies LLP consider what happens when a bidder is unhappy with something about the process or with a contracting authority's decision and wants to challenge it.