Peter Ware
Peter specialises in complex procurement, shared services, outsourcing and public sector joint ventures.
Prior to joining Browne Jacobson, Peter worked as a special projects adviser for Nottinghamshire County Council. His extensive knowledge of local authority law and his time leading major projects has given experience in advising all types of public bodies on commercial matters, in particular their public procurement, PPP and commercial work.
He is also Finance and Membership Secretary of the Procurement Lawyers Association and a regular public speaker.
Practice Areas
Panels
- Consulting Editorial Board
- Contributing Author
- Q&A Panel
Qualified Year
- 2001
Membership
- PLA
Qualifications
- Law LLB
- Diploma of Local Government Law (Town Clerks Prize winner)
Education
- University of Sheffield
3 Contributions by Peter Ware
PRECEDENTS
Archived precedent letter for contracting authorities responding to tender clarification questions in public procurement (pre-Procurement Act 2023), including schedule of clarifications and optional reissue/extension notices
ARCHIVED:
This Precedent is archived and is no longer maintained.
STOP PRESS:
From 24 February 2025, the principal provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) take effect. Procurements started on or after that day must be conducted in full accordance with PA 2023, while those 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 administered under that regime...
Local Government
PRECEDENTS
Archived precedent: contracting authority letter requesting bidder clarifications on tender responses (pre-Procurement Act 2023/PCR 2015), with clarification schedule
ARCHIVED
This Precedent is archived and no longer maintained. STOP PRESS: From 24 February 2025, the principal substantive provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) have now come into force. Procurements started on or after that date must be undertaken under PA 2023, while those commenced 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 let and administered pursuant to that legislation. See Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023...
Local Government
Q&As
PCR 2015 reg 32: asset purchase vehicles—tender or direct award?
This Q&A concerns a contract for land and vehicles―a mixed contract.
Not every land transaction must follow a public procurement process publicised in the Official Journal of the European Union. Whether such a procedure is needed depends on the character of the arrangement and the contracting authority’s involvement, though land can still comprise a procurable component within a contract.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102, do not apply where a contract contains inseparable mixed elements and the procurable aspects are not the contract’s principal object. The key point here is to determine whether the dominant element is the vehicles or the land. Under PCR 2015, SI 2015/102, reg 4(2), there are provisions guiding a contracting authority when dealing with a contract that includes some, but not exclusively, procurable elements...
Local Government
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