A contracting authority conducts a mini-competition (for an above-threshold service contract) under a dynamic purchasing system and receives only one bid, which is over...
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Are there any best practice tips for contracting authorities in relation to their duties to make procurement documentation available electronically under the Public...
Are there any case law examples relating to the exclusion of a bidder based on past poor performance under regulation 57(8)(g) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015?...
Can a contracting authority change the procedure adopted for a public procurement exercise (eg from open to negotiated procedure) once the procurement process has...
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Can a contracting authority specify in its selection criteria that non-compliance with human rights obligations internationally in the economic operator’s supply chain...
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Can call-off agreement under a framework agreement be awarded on different terms to those set out in the original framework? If a tenderer marks-up the call-off terms at...
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Do the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 apply to services concession contracts? If so, what are the thresholds or parameters of application and what are the...
Do the rules on modification of contracts under the Concessions Contracts Regulations 2016, SI 2016/273, apply to an extension to a below-threshold concession contract...
Does an economic operator’s conviction for breaches of health and safety regulations constitute a relevant offence for the purposes of mandatory exclusions from a...
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For contracting authorities running a dynamic purchasing system, what guidance is available for use of additional supplier selection questions in Part 3 of the standard...
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If a contracting authority excludes an economic operator from a public procurement procedure, do they need to give reasons for their decision? Is failure to do so...
If a local authority is arranging an ongoing care package for an individual outside of an existing framework or dynamic purchasing system (DPS) (because there isn’t a...
If a winning bidder withdraws from a public procurement exercise following the contract award decision, must the contracting authority proceed with the procurement...
In a competitive procedure with negotiation, can the procurement documentation and submitted tenders be amended during the process? Can the contracting authority...
In a public procurement exercise under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, SI 2015/102, on what grounds can a bidder be excluded or eliminated for past poor...
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