Care Must Be Taken to Ensure Full Compliance ; Legal Edge Rachel Robinson , Solicitor with South West Law Firm Foot Anstey, Advises 'Less Haste, More Speed' When Dealing with Public Procurement Processes

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Eagle-eyed readers will have read that the Government's Pounds 6 billion plans to privatise national search and rescue helicopter services were put on hold following revelations that the bidding process had not followed public procurement laws.

A strict regime governing the spending of public money is necessary to ensure that it is conducted in a fair, open manner with a focus on "value for money". The public body must follow a prescribed procedure for advertising the contract, shortlisting suppliers and granting the contract. There are also rules on what sort of information the public body must provide to the bidders, and how each bid is evaluated.

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Care Must Be Taken to Ensure Full Compliance ; Legal Edge Rachel Robinson , Solicitor with South West Law Firm Foot Anstey, Advises 'Less Haste, More Speed' When Dealing with Public Procurement Processes

In the search and rescue case, the preferred supplier consortium had employed former members of the Ministry of Defence project...

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