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As part of the government’s wider review of the electricity transmission network via the Integrated Transmission Planning and Regulation Project, and after its successful introduction of competition to offshore transmission...more
The Procurement Act 2023 looks set to reshape government (and other public) contracting in the UK. It came into force in the UK on 24 February, repealing and replacing the various EU-based procurement regimes for public...more
The Situation: The European Commission ("EC") has released its first guidance on assessing market distortions under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR")....more
When we talk about defense related procurement, we're referring to defense and security contracts which are public contracts. Defense procurement reform has been a significant topic on the House of Commons agenda for...more
The UK is pressing ahead with a reform to its government procurement laws that will diverge from the harmonized EU procurement regime that applied in the UK pre-Brexit. The proposals are intended to create a more transparent...more
Business and human rights is continuing its steady march toward becoming a business imperative. There are sweeping new or proposed laws focused on human rights, such as the EU’s Proposal for a Directive on Corporate...more
On 11 May 2022, the keenly awaited Procurement Bill (announced in the Queen’s Speech) was formally introduced to the House of Lords and received its first reading. Running to 122 pages (and comprising 116 sections...more
Brexit finally became a reality on 31 December 2020, as the UK reached the end of the agreed Transition Period after the UK’s departure from the EU. The UK government has heralded Brexit as a “historic opportunity to...more
The UK government published a Green Paper on December 15 that includes proposals to shape the future of public procurement in the United Kingdom by speeding up and simplifying public sector procurement processes....more
EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 - While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that antitrust/competition law, plus the state aid (subsidy) and public procurement...more
Public sector bodies of all types in the EU and UK are scrambling to acquire a range of goods, services and infrastructure as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. Many of these purchases are subject to the public procurement rules,...more
The UK government has indicated that the UK’s approach to public procurement will fundamentally change post-Brexit. While it remains to be seen whether such a fundamental change will be possible in practice, the UK...more
Increasingly the government is looking to the private sector for innovate ideas in the delivery of public infrastructure. Notably the Department for Transport’s (DfT) “Rail Market Led Proposals – Call for Ideas” paper...more
Following its initial outcry and garnering of (some) public support, the current UK passport manufacturer De La Rue backed down from its challenge of the Government’s decision to award the new post-Brexit blue passport...more
The Supreme Court decided last year in Nuclear Decommissioning Agency v Energy Solutions EU Ltd [2017] UKSC 34 (“the NDA case”) that a claimant no longer had an automatic right to damages for a breach of the public...more
When is pricing discriminatory? We reported in January 2017 on how a Portuguese Court had asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) to provide guidance on when “discriminatory pricing applied to equivalent...more
The UK government has announced that it intends to write to all government contractors in order to make unilateral changes to all UK government contracts to comply with impending changes in EU data privacy law....more
A recent public procurement decision of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court highlights the possibility that aggrieved suppliers in public procurement cases in the UK run the risk of losing their future rights to...more
The implications of Britain’s decision in June 2016 to leave the EU are gradually becoming clearer. In the area of government procurement, a paper by the European Parliament has highlighted the various models available to UK...more
What Future for EU Public Procurement Law in the UK After Brexit? Those aficionados of the silver screen will remember comedians Laurel and Hardy and in particular their catchphrase 'Well here's another nice mess you've...more
UK’s Industrial Strategy announced—new Government contracting approach will favour UK-based firms after Brexit. UK Government spending currently runs circa £278 billion per annum. Government contractors will be...more
The world is awash with uncertainty about Brexit. We imagine that you, like most, are sorting through it all. Pillsbury is here to help. Our dedicated Brexit Team is monitoring developments and weighing the legal risks and...more
Welcome to March's edition of our EU & Competition Law Bulletin covering recent legal developments impacting upon you and your business: - ..United Kindgdom: Large pay for delay fine imposed by CMA. ..Germany and...more
On 17 February 2016, the Cabinet Office published a Procurement Policy Note (“PPN”) which seeks to prevent public authorities from participating in boycotts and other political decisions which affect decision making and...more