Procurement processes

For maintained schools, academies, and MATs, running an effective and compliant procurement process is essential — but sometimes the best decision is to abandon a tender and start again. Whether your procurement falls under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023) or is a below-threshold exercise, understanding when and how you can abandon a process helps protect the you from risk and ensures fairness to bidders.

The introduction of the Procurement Act 2023 has brought with it a new wave of changes for public sector procurement. For schools and academy trusts,…

Navigating the complexities of The Procurement Act 2023 (TPA2023) can be daunting for schools and other public sector organisations. Understanding the various stages of the…

If you understood how to value a contract under the old Public Contracts Regulations 2015 then (good news!) you understand how to value it under…

 In the last of our blogs on writing tender specifications, we are focusing on the dark art of ICT Managed Service and they key things you need to include.

In the third of our series of blogs on writing tender specifications, we focus on detailed issues around cleaning and the key areas you need to include - which might not always be as clear as you think.....

With procurement support and training for schools, academies and Trusts diminishing, I have decided to try and plug the gap in this blog and related webinar by looking at how you can write a fit for purpose specification to help you run your tender processes more efficiently and effectively. 

As of April 2023, the Selection Questionnaire (SQ) has undergone several updates . These changes will affect the documentation that schools use to procure goods and services from suppliers when running a process compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015).