The UK gears up for public procurement outside the EU

The post below was first published on our Competition blog The Government continues to prepare the ground for the regulation of public procurement after the post-Brexit transition period expires on 31 December 2020.  On 19 November it enacted the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020) (PPAR 2020).  These amend the existing UK procurement … Read more

New Podcast Available: Brexit and Reform of Public Procurement Regime

In a recent Public Procurement Podcast Tim Briggs, Partner (Competition, Regulation & Trade) and Adrian Brown (Of Counsel, Competition, Regulation & Trade) consider the UK Government’s Brexit-driven proposals for reform of the UK public procurement regime. If you would like to subscribe to future episodes in the Public Procurement Podcast Series, please click here. Read more

What future for public procurement regulation in the UK post-Brexit?

The extent to which the UK Government will eventually be free to modify or even repeal the regulations on public procurement, post-Brexit, will depend largely on the outcome of the ongoing negotiations between the EU and the UK Government, as well as the policy choices of the UK Government post-Brexit. Several recent developments in the … Read more