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What does Brexit mean? Brexit is the practical shorthand in legal drafting and advice for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union and the legal, regulatory and trading changes flowing from it. It covers the UK’s cessation of EU membership on exit day (31 January 2020) and the cessation of the EEA Agreement’s application, the end of the implementation/transition period on IP completion day (31 December 2020), and the commencement, expiry or variation of post‑withdrawal trading and regulatory arrangements, including the UK‑EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Windsor Framework (amending the Northern Ireland Protocol), and UK agreements with third countries...

Varying award criteria during a procurement: PCR 2015 limits, case law, and when procedures must be restarted (pre-Procurement Act 2023)

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Practice notes

This practical guidance relates to the pre-Procurement Act 2023 regime

This Practice Note addresses Public procurement exercises launched before the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) took effect on 24 February 2025. Any in-scope procedure started on or after that date is subject to PA 2023. Through the Act’s transitional and savings provisions, the prior public procurement regimes continue, so far as required, to enable contracting authorities to finalise and manage procurements commenced before PA 2023 commenced (ie procurements already under way). This Practice Note should be considered against that backdrop. For background reading, see Practice Note: Introduction to the Procurement Act 2023—PA 2023. Additional practical guidance on PA 2023 appears in a separate subtopic, see: Procurement Act 2023—overview.

Implications of changes during the public procurement procedure

This Practice Note sets out when a contracting authority may adjust its award criteria during a procurement process, with primary emphasis on procedures conducted under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), SI 2015/102. See Practice Note: Introduction to public contracts procurement...

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Jonathan Blunden

Sharpe Pritchard

Jonathan specialises in high-profile public law litigation. He has extensive experience of advising both claimants and defendants in judicial review and procurement litigation. Much of Jonathan’s work is focussed on advising public bodies on the public law aspects of decision-making, and defending such decisions when they are challenged....

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