Procurement – Covid-19

Government slammed for failure to develop zero carbon energy plans

Parliament’s spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused the government of failing to have developed an integrated and coherent plan to deliver its net zero carbon ambitions.

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Government rejects PBAs on smaller contracts

The government has rejected a proposed amendment to its Procurement Bill that would have mandated project bank accounts on all jobs valued over £2m.

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Key amendments tabled to UK’s first Procurement Bill

Two key amendments were tabled to the Procurement Bill as it moved to its Third Reading stage.

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Call to force climate change into planning decisions

Over 100 UK property companies, including industry giants like Landsec, Grosvenor Property and Rockwool, have joined with the UK Green Building Council to write to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling for legislation to force planning decisions to take account of climate change.

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Highways procurement system to drive innovation

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) has launched an Innovation Procurement System (IPS) to increase local authorities’ ability to adopt innovation in the highways sector at a lower cost.

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Transport Scotland slammed as the UK’s ‘worst client’

Contractors body CECA Scotland has slammed the Transport Scotland roads authority as the ‘worst client in the UK’ for its anomalous persistence with using its own in house contracts rather than switching to NEC.

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Long running dispute reaches settlement

Galliford Try has announced plans to return cash to shareholders after the construction group settled a long-running contractual dispute.

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Major government procurement slammed by MPs

Parliament’s spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed a planned government Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) procurement for not having an overarching business case and for being unfunded.

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CLC calls for more occupations to be added to immigration list

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is calling for additional construction industry roles to be added to the government’s list of occupations suffering skills shortages in a bid to add them to the points based immigration system.

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New national security unit to oversee procurement

The UK government has tabled amendments to its Procurement Bill that will allow ministers to ban suppliers held to pose a risk to national security from a range of contract types.

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