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Our global team provides cross-border and domestic advice to clients on public procurement and competitive tendering rules, in a contentious and non-contentious context.
Public procurement law is an increasingly important field of regulation. Prescriptive laws regulate the way in which public authorities and utilities award valuable contracts for works, supplies and services in many jurisdictions. Furthermore, the relevant regulations in the UK may soon be reformed, as a result of Brexit.
We have a leading public procurement practice. Our multi-disciplinary practice includes lawyers from our corporate, disputes, competition and trade and real estate teams. This guarantees that we can deal efficiently with any procurement issue, no matter how technical or complex.
Our clients include government departments, public bodies and utilities, as well as suppliers and contractors which bid for and perform public and utility contracts. We have extensive experience and an intuitive understanding of the machinery and process of government and the public-private commercial interface, gained over many decades, which we deploy for the benefit of both our public and private sector clients.
Our broad experience means that we are well-placed to advise across the full spectrum of procurement law issues. Much of our work involves advice on non-contentious matters, such as the procurement of major projects and contracts in a range of sectors including aviation, defence, energy, infrastructure, pharma, real estate, transport and information technology. We advise our clients on all stages of the procurement process, from initial design through to contract award and performance.
Procurement litigation is on the rise and the potential sanctions for non-compliance are severe. We draw on our extensive experience of litigation in order to help our clients to avoid procurement disputes as far as possible. However, where a tender process is contested, we have the expertise to work with our clients to successfully challenge the award decision or to defend the procuring authority.
Experience
A major international technology company
Acting for a Defendant in High Court proceedings arising out of its role as lead contractor in a substantial public sector systems integration project, and in a related procurement dispute
Cavendish Fluor Partnership and Magnox Limited
Advising in connection with a further claim brought by Bechtel in respect of the same NDA procurement process
Cavendish Fluor Partnership
Representing CFP as the successful bidder in relation to a procurement challenge brought by Energy Solutions against the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in the High Court
EDF and NNB
Advising on the EU procurement and State aid aspects of EDF's plans to build four new nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, including Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
Greater London Authority
Advising GLA on the procurement law aspects of its competitive dialogue procedure to select the development partner for the major Silvertown Quays project in London Docklands
Greater London Authority
Advising on the procurement of the multi-party framework agreement, known as London Development Panel 2, for selecting developers to undertake major housing projects in London
Awards and recognition
Chambers UK 2020 UK-wide
Band 2 for Public Procurement
A client - Chambers UK 2019, UK-wide: Public Procurement
"I am very positive about their services - they have a very commercial, solution-oriented approach."
Chambers UK 2019, UK-wide: Public Procurement
"The team has the ability to progress a matter and find intelligent ways to cut an argument."
Chambers UK 2018, UK-wide: Public Procurement
"They provided high-quality advice in a very time-pressured scenario."
