Public Procurement
Comprehensive procurement advice
Public procurement is big business. If you're involved with public procurement in any way, you'll know just how important value for money is when it comes to public purchasing and how complex, awkward and difficult the rules can appear.
Public procurement's remit isn't confined to the public sector. If you undertake defence procurement or are a utility, you'll also have procurement rules to contend with. Or you may be a third-sector organisation that has to follow public procurement rules too.
If you're a supplier interested in tendering for government contracts, then you'll want to be sure that you stand a fair chance of success following a well-organised, fair bidding process.
No matter which area you operate in, our team of public procurement lawyers can help. As well as keeping laser-focused on current procurement law and policies as they develop, we horizon-scan, using our extensive experience to help you understand current trajectories and to prepare you for future developments.
Practising the art of the possible
We practise the art of the possible. We're not here to tell you why an objective isn't achievable. We're here to be an extension of your in-house team, assessing your situation and goals and harnessing public procurement law to operate in your favour. Whatever your situation or plan, you can count on us to deliver positive outcomes quickly, simply and economically.
Whether you're a purchaser needing to comply with the procurement rules, a supplier interested in a tendering process, or an unsuccessful bidder looking to appeal a procurement decision, you can rest assured that our high profile, UK-based team is on your side.
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Our team of public procurement solicitors can help with all aspects of procurement law, from prior market engagement, preparation of framework agreements and tender documentation, right through to advice and support around legal challenges and procurement litigation. No matter what challenge or opportunity you're presented with, we'll help guide you to the best possible commercial outcome.
Procurement advice for buyers
Procurement advice for suppliers
Defending legal challenges: support for buyers
Bringing legal challenges: support for suppliers
Changes to the public procurement landscape: the Procurement Act 2023
Our Public Procurement Act toolkit
Client work
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
We advised the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games on various procurement matters in the run-up to the Games, including advising on the procurement of contracts key to the delivery of the Games.
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
We advised the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games on various procurement matters in the run-up to the Games, including advising on the procurement of contracts key to the delivery of the Games.
The Royal Parks
The Royal Parks
We have advised The Royal Parks in relation to various public procurement matters relating to its major events programme – most notably the procurement of a concessionaire to operate the annual Hyde Park Winter Wonderland event for a multi-year term.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
We advised the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) with its multi-streamed ECHO 2 programme, involving a series of interrelated procurement workstreams including a contract extension, a new framework agreement covering network integration services, and a new dynamic purchasing system providing global internet connectivity.
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and group companies
The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and group companies
We have advised the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (and its group companies) on a range of procurement matters arising in connection with the decommissioning of the UK's legacy civil nuclear power stations.
