Rowan Scarth
Rowan is a commercial and public procurement lawyer and has over 3 years' experience advising clients across a range of sectors including health, social care, and central and local government.
Rowan has worked on procurements for high-value and complex goods, works and services. Particular experience includes advising on regulated and non-regulated commercial contracts, joint working arrangements and major procurements for clinical and non-clinical services, specifically:
- advising large central government clients in the procurement of a £230 million large technology services contract, including management of the large document suite, and drafting the contract;
- advising a large central government client on the procurement of £29 million services contract between eleven government departments, including management of the large document suite during the procurement, and finalising the contract on award.
- advising a private sector provider following a successful re-procurement for outsourcing and technology services, including advising on subsequent sub-contracts and customer terms and conditions;
- advising an NHS Trust in the review of their subsidiary and drafting the commercial and governance documents to reflect the relationship between the two entities following the review; and
- advising a social care provider in coordinating and drafting an alliance agreement between a local council and 7 social care providers.
Rowan regularly delivers webinar and in-person client training on a wide range of commercial and procurement topics, and more recently, on the Procurement Act.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2023
Experience
- DAC Beachcroft (2019 - Present)
Membership
- SRA
Qualifications
- BA - History (2016)
- GDL (2017)
- LPC and MSC – Law Business and Management (2019)
Education
- University of Sheffield (2013-2016)
- University of Law (2016-2019)
2 Contributions by Rowan Scarth
PRACTICE NOTES
Practitioner guide to public procurement under PCR 2015: authorities, thresholds, procedures, remedies and Procurement Act 2023 transition (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
STOP PRESS:
From 24 February 2025, the principal provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) have commenced. Procurements started on or after that date must be conducted pursuant to PA 2023, while procedures initiated under the earlier legislation—the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Regulations 2016, and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011—must continue to be run and overseen in line with those regimes. See Practice Note: Key Implications of the Procurement Act 2023 for Construction Lawyers.
PCR 2015 as assimilated law
PCR 2015 constitute EU-derived domestic legislation and are therefore assimilated law under sections 2 and 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. For practical guidance on the status and interpretation of assimilated law, see Practice Note: Assimilated law.
The public procurement regime
The domestic public procurement regime is founded on several sets of regulations, which originally transposed EU public procurement directives across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including:
the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102, cover contracts awarded by central government, local authorities and other public sector bodies...
Local Government
PRACTICE NOTES
Tender notices under the Procurement Act 2023: content, publication, associated documents, frameworks, conditions of participation, known risks and use in open and competitive flexible procedures
STOP PRESS:
From 24 February 2025, the core provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) have taken effect. Any procurement launched on or after that date must proceed under PA 2023. Procurements started under the earlier frameworks—the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Regulations 2016, and the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011—must continue to be run and overseen in line with those rules. See Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023.
This content relates to the Procurement Act 2023 regime. This practical guidance addresses public procurement under PA 2023. Under this regime, tender notices replace contract notices under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102. For practical guidance on contract notices under PCR 2015, see Practice Note: Prior information notices and contract notices.
What is a tender notice?
Under PA 2023, a tender notice is required to launch a competitive tendering process. PA 2023, s 21 sets out:
when a tender notice should be used
what it must contain
details regarding associated tender documents
The Procurement Regulations 2024 (PR 2024), SI 2024/692 go into further...
Public Law
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