Procurement Reform Roadshow - Norwich 10th October 2023 and Liverpool 12th October

 The first roadshow for buyers went very well in Newcastle.

We are looking forward to 2 more next week on Tuesday 10th October 2023 in Norwich and Thursday 12th October in Liverpool.

Full details here.

After these 2 with me acting a Master of Ceremonies, and further events follow in Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield and Bristol MC'd by my colleague Gemma.

After that we turn to running events for suppliers in November on 22nd in Manchester and 23rd in London.  Details here.

Hope to see you at these events.

The Procurement Bill 2024

 

I am delighted to be announce that I shall be working with my colleagues at BIPSolutions to run a series of Roadshows about the Procurement Bill that is currently undergoing review in Parliament.  This will replace the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 that we have all been working under for almost a decade.

The plan is to have Royal Assent next year, and then have a six month period to allow everyone to understand the new rules before it goes live.  So, a year from new we should have a new public procurement regime.

If you are either a Public Sector buyer, or a supplier to the public sector then these changes are going to have an impact on you.

We are running a series of roadshows around England, firstly focusing on Buyers and then a follow up series focused on the implications for suppliers.  

The Buyer events are going start in Newcastle on Tuesday 3rd October, and then move on to Norwich on 10th October and Liverpool on 12th October with my as the host.  My colleague Gemma Waring will be hosting the events in Sheffield (19th Oct), Nottingham (31st Nov), Birmingham (7th Nov) and Bristol (21st Nov).

The supplier dates will be in November in Manchester and London (dates should be released early in October).

We have a range of great guest speakers to help talk through the Bill, and will have a panel discussion where we can address any other public procurement topics.  Questions will be welcome at the end of all sessions.

Fuller details including booking are at the link here.

Hope to see you there.

Contract Management training 19th February/10th March 2015

I am running a Contract Management course for PASS (part of BIP Solutions), and they asked me to write a few word about it for their blog.  Here it is - Essential Contract Management.

I am running the course 19th February in Liverpool, and 10th March 2015 in Southampton (but not 25th March in London, because I am running Preparing Perfect Tenders that day in Birmingham).

Hope to see you there.