On 15 December 2020, the Cabinet Office published its proposals for transforming the current public procurement rules. In the words of Lord Agnew, Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, the UK’s exit from the ...

The UK exited the EU on 31st January 2020. The transition period in the Withdrawal Agreement ended on 31st December 2020. Existing EU Treaties, EU free movement rights and the general principles of EU law now no ...

In the latest in our series chats with leading individuals in the sector, Stuart Cairns, Partner in our London Commercial Team and Head of our Airports group, has been speaking with Francis Walker, Director of ...

Stuart Cairns, Partner in our London Commercial Team, and Head of our Airports group, chats with Nick Boud, Director Airport Consultancy at Helios, global aviation consultants, to discuss the impact of the pandemic ...

COVID-19 has disrupted a number of sectors on an international scale. At Bird & Bird, we recognise that a significant proportion of our client base supplies governments/public sector customers across a number of ...

This is the second in a series of articles focussing on the impact of COVID-19 and public procurement. As recognised in a Procurement Policy Note ("PPN") recently published by the Cabinet Office, there are a range ...

Clearly the spread of COVID-19 and the measures imposed by Government will have a significant impact on the supply of goods, services and works to the public sector. Supplies and services may be required urgently ...

Storbritannien udtrådte af EU den 31. januar 2020 og befinder sig nu i en overgangsperiode indtil den 31. december 2020, hvor EU reglerne fortsat vil være gældende i Storbritannien. I løbet af overgangsperioden vil ...

This briefing considers the impact of Brexit on public procurement in the UK, as well as the likely longer term impacts.

In the latest in a long line of case law examining when contracts concerning land are subject to the public procurement rules, the Courts have attempted to further clarify when a leasing arrangement may ...