Compliance
Our Compliance frameworks are clever, agile and really embrace building safety.
Our Compliance frameworks are clever, agile and really embrace building safety.
Asbestos inspections & testing
Water hygiene risk assessments
Fire safety frameworks
Heating & water hygiene
Frameworks that connect you with experienced consultants ready to support your projects.
Asset & development consultancy
Compliance consultancy
We've a number of frameworks to support your development projects.
Our framework covers fully managed, secure, flexible and auditable electronic payment services.
We've two frameworks that can help with your facilities management.
Our repairs and maintenance frameworks support all aspects of your asset management strategies.
Internal & external building works
Frameworks to help you design, deliver and maintain whole-house energy efficiency measures.
Zero carbon solutions
Electric vehicle charging
Mechanical ventilation
Domestic air source heat pumps
Communal air source heat pumps
Domestic ground source heat pumps
Solar thermal & PV
16 December 2021
Last week Cabinet Office published their long-awaited response to its consultation on upcoming procurement reform. They received a total of 619 responses with over 17,000 individual comments….the most ever received for a consultation on UK procurement law.
You can view the full response here – Transforming Public Procurement – Government response to consultation – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
SEC was one of the 619 to respond, along with a host of different stakeholders across the country. It’s clear that Cabinet Office has taken into account the responses – they’ve made changes to proposals and have provided additional detail where required.
The full scope of the changes will become law in 2023. Cabinet Office are focused on developing a ‘procurement regime that is simple, flexible and takes greater account of Social Value’ and are taking the time to get things right.
What is changing?
Four existing set for regulations which currently govern public procurement in the UK will be brought together under one new regulatory framework. The current regs are:
What will this new regulatory framework look like?
Will we receive more guidance?
In short, yes – Cabinet Office recognises that training and professional guidance will be essential to support the country prepare for the changes. They’ll be providing this in due course – you can also subscribe to receive their updates here: Government Commercial Function – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
When will the changes take place?
The regulations still need to pass through both Houses of Parliament before becoming law in 2023.
We’ll be providing updates to our Procurement Reform webpage regularly as things evolve – Latest Updates on UK Procurement Reform – SouthEastConsortium
Alternatively, subscribe to our email newsletters here – Contact us – South East Consortium
Trowers & Hamlins have produced a report which responds to the publication chapter by chapter. You can read this here – Government Response to the Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper consultation published -Trowers & Hamlins
If you’ve any questions, or would like to talk about this further contact Gavin, our Procurement Manager – gavin.wolstenhulme@southeastconsortium.org.uk
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