Foundation Trusts and NHS England will need to apply a lower procurement threshold from 16 August 2021
NHS England and NHS Foundation Trusts will need to apply lower financial thresholds to the procurement of services and supplies from 16 August 2021 as new public procurement Amendment Regulations enter into force.
South Africa Port Operator Declares Force Majeure Over Cyber Attack
Transnet SOC Ltd, South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight-rail company, declared force majeure at the country’s key container terminals after disruption continues to be caused by a cyber attack a week ago.
Isle of Man Liverpool ferry terminal funding decision deferred
Approval for an additional £14m to complete the new Isle of Man ferry terminal at the Princes Half Tide Dock in an additional £14m to complete the new Isle of Man ferry terminal at the Princes Half Tide D Liverpool has been deferred by Manx parliamentarians until at least October.
MoD launches first stage of competition to design and build new UK flagship
The Ministry of Defence has launched the first stage of a procurement process for the design and construction of the UK’s new national flagship.
Northern Ireland publishes new social value driven public procurement policy
Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has announced a new government procurement policy that will mandate a minimum allocation of 10% of total award criteria to social value from June 2022, potentially rising to 20% from 2023.
Port of Djibouti fails to overturn concession contract with DP World
A London arbitration court has rejected Djibouti Port Company’s bid to end its contract with DP World, ruling that the concession agreement remains in full force and its attempts to circumvent earlier rulings by transferring its shares to the government being null and void.
UK Supreme Court reverses radical reinterpretation of contract law
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that termination of a contract does not exempt a contractor from liquidated damage payments, reversing a contrary 2019 Court of Appeal judgement that had been seen as a ‘radical re-interpretation of case law’.
Pentagon cancels $10bn JEDI cloud computing contract
The US Department of Defense has decided to scrap its $10bn JEDI cloud computing contract controversially awarded to Microsoft under the Trump administration, saying its current cloud computing needs had changed due to the "shifting technology environment".
HS2 and Talgo settle procurement dispute on eve of court hearing
HS2 Ltd and the Spanish train manufacturer, Talgo, have reached an out of court settlement on the eve of a High Court hearing in relation to HS2’s conduct of its rolling stock train procurement process.
The UK's post-Brexit subsidies and tariff regime enters the dock
The UK government is facing its first legal test of its post-Brexit subsidy control and global tariff regime after a High Court judge ruled that a decision to waive import tariffs on 260,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar in 2021, can be subjected to judicial review after British Sugar complained that the decision amounted to an unlawful subsidy.
Get on board with HS2
High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) will hold a supply chain engagement summit for small and medium sized businesses in Wales on Tuesday, 20 July 2021.
Isle of Wight Highways PPP managing consultants appointed
The Isle of Wight Council has awarded a contract worth over £300,000 to the multinational engineering consultancy Jacobs to provide the island authority with commercial and programme management support for its Island Roads PPP contract with Meridiam and Vinci Concessions.
Public Health England Microbiology Framework webinar
Public Health England and Mills & Reeve are holding a short 1 hour webinar (including Q&A) at 12 noon on 6 July to provide an overview of the call-off terms and conditions, including the ordering process, for the new National Microbiology Framework.
Green hydrogen PPP tender launched by Aberdeen Council
Aberdeen Council has begun the procurement process to identify and select a private sector development partner to develop a £215 million green hydrogen hub in the city.
All-Ireland trade booms while the UK and EU squabble over sausages
Intra-Irish trade is booming post-Brexit as the EU imposes more than 500 customs checks a day on the transfer of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, latest trade figures have revealed.
£650m Service Family Accommodation contracts awarded
Five new contracts worth £650 million have been awarded to industry to deliver crucial building and maintenance services for more than 39,000 Service families in the UK.
Anglian Water launches market test for £100M water treatment plant
The East of England utility company Anglian Water has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) seeking a suitably experienced and capable provide to Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO) the Middlegate Water Treatment Works.
Transport for London orders independent review after Silvertown procurement saga
Transport for London (TfL) is to undertake a full independent review of its Silvertown Tunnel procurement process, after paying £10M to settle out-of-court with losing bidder Silver Thames Connect (STC).
Overhaul of Isle of Man’s Infrastructure Department recommended
Consultants, commissioned by the Isle of Man’s Chief Minister, have found that the current structure of the Crown Dependency’s Department of Infrastructure is not suitable to manage the large body of tasks it is responsible for.
Five year ‘truce’ agreed by the EU & US in Boeing-Airbus subsidies dispute
After a trade dispute of seventeen years which has seen retaliatory tariffs imposed upon each other’s imports, the United States and the European Union have agreed a five year moratorium on their long running conflict over aircraft subsidies to Boeing and Airbus.