Martineau have a strong background in public sector work and this coupled with our leading corporate and commercial practices makes the firm ideally placed to advise when the public sector engages in commercial activity.
We have detailed knowledge of the complex public procurement rules and provide advice on all aspects of a project from high-level structuring through to dealing with specific and often time critical procedural points. We advise both public and private sector clients.
Public Procurement
- Choice of procurement procedure where the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 or general principles of European law apply.
- Drafting OJEU contract notices, invitations to tender, Alcatel notices, contract award notices.
- Advising on selection criteria and award criteria.
- Advising on Alcatel standstill provisions and accelerated de-brief procedures.
- Project managing procurement exercises.
- Advising on the Public Procurement aspects of Public Private Partnerships (“PPPs”).
- Advising on framework agreements and in particularly for the provision of IT services.
- Defending and enhancing suppliers position as participants in procurement processes.
- Dealing with challenges to procurement procedures and advising on remedies.
Our Public Procurement Brochure
Public Procurement Timetables
The following document provides summaries of the main timetabling issues for each of the five procedures set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. An important preliminary issue is to determine which procedures are available in a specific instance. Clearly every procurement exercise will have timetabling requirements and constraints over and above those set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.
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