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News in Brief: October 2015

A new online tender system has been launched in Northern Ireland to make it easier for companies to submit tenders for government contracts. The eTendersNI portal will be the principal source of information for public sector tender opportunities in Northern Ireland, replacing a previous portal, Sourcing NI.

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PBAs cut contract costs

Highways England (HE) has let contracts valued at a total of over £10bn on projects using Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) in the last three years, the road operator reports.

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New highways contract launch

A groundbreaking new suite of resources to help simplify and standardise the way Local Highway Authorities procure highway services and manage their term maintenance contracts, has been produced by the Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP).

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Late payment hidden cost revealed

Main contractors admit to taking over 75 days to make payments in a survey by construction software specialists Textura Europe.

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News in Brief: August 2015

Yorkshire roofing company Watershed (Roofing) Ltd was fined £80,000 with £39,381 costs after pleading guilty to safety breaches that led to the death of selfemployed bricklayer Barry Tyson who fell through a roof light on a North Yorkshire County Council school refurbishment in August 2011.

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Focus on project set up

The Major Projects Authority (MPA) is to focus on ensuring that projects in the government’s £489 billion investment programme are set up from the start to maximise their chances of success, says interim Chief Executive Tony Meggs in the 2015 annual report.

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Leadership council assumes chief adviser role

The Chief Construction Adviser role is to be scrapped when the incumbent Peter Hansford’s term of office ends in November, and a revamped Construction Leadership Council (CLC) will assume the role.

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Six year adjudication limitation confirmed

The Supreme Court has upheld an appeal court decision that a party seeking repayment of sums paid following an adjudication award against it has six years from the date of payment to do so.

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News in Brief: July 2015

Government Chief Construction Adviser Peter Hansford will not be seeking another term after his contract expires in November. Mr Hansford has been in post since November 2012, when he was appointed for a two year term that was extended in July 2014 until November this year.

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Education framework questioned

Government commitment to its promises to reform central government procurement have been called into question by an apparent about turn on an earlier ministerial promise to scrap a controversial education framework that excluded smaller firms below a minimum turnover requirement.

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