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Welcome to our latest edition of Procurement In Profile. We are now a little over three months into the Procurement Act 2023 and our team have been busy helping clients launch their first procurements under the new regime, including assisting with designing competitive flexible procedures for key procurements. The team has also been out and about at various events, so please do say hello if you see us at any upcoming conferences.

This edition of PIP includes a number of resources to keep you fully informed on procurement updates, including a look at the EU AI model contractual clauses, the BSI's publication of PAS 8700 on the standardisation of Modern Methods of Construction, as well as a look at the recent judgment in Optima Health and what that might mean in practice for procurement professionals.

As the public sector gets to grips with the Procurement Act, we have seen an increase in queries arising in relation to the transparency obligations under the Act, with a recent focus being on the publication of Pipeline Notices. We have therefore set out in some more detail the issues to bear in mind when preparing and publishing a Pipeline Notice in accordance with the Act (including who is covered, what needs to be covered, and what needs to be published in practice). We have also set out some suggestions as to record keeping more generally under the Act, and what contracting authorities should be thinking about now when starting new procurements (but please don't forget your Regulation 84 Reports for existing procurements under the PCR just yet!).

If you have any questions around the issues that we have covered in this edition of PIP, then please do get in touch with one of the procurement team who will be happy to discuss further.



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