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Anja specialises in advising public bodies on their duties and obligations under the public procurement regime and how to run successful and compliant procurement exercises; managing complex projects that require lawyers and other advisors from different disciplines; providing commercial and governance advice to a wide range of public authorities; advising public bodies on alternative service delivery models in particular outsourcing of service delivery and corporate vehicles. She has previously worked in-house as a solicitor for Sheffield City Council and managed a three year ERDF funded project for an environmental charity.
Advising a London university on a sensitive procurement matter in particular post-award discussions.
Advising a central government department on its ongoing procurement of a replacement ICT strategy, including drafting of procurement documentation, advising on whether amendments to a call-off contract under a framework were compliant and advising on the management of the procurement process.
Regularly advises local authorities on the establishment of trading companies and other arms-length arrangements, including shared services with other local authorities.
Advising NHS England on the re-procurement of the telephony platform for the 111 number - including advice on procurement documentation, managing the procurement process, complying with internal governance requirements and achieving financial transparency. Anja also undertook a part-time secondment to the NHS England team as part of this support.
Advising the Welsh Government on the transfer of commercial contracts from the Forestry Commission, Environment Agency and Countryside Council for Wales to the Natural Resources Body for Wales. Anja advised on the potential options, the procurement implications of transferring contracts and how to mitigate risks associated with this.
This milestone could not have been achieved without Anja's hard work, tenacity and sound advice. It has been a pleasure working with her.
Experts who are willing to work in a way which works for us as a client. As per the above box – they make the difference in the way they work with us. We have an honest relationship, which works both ways.
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With the majority of central government sitting behind the Treasury when it comes to buying into the devolution agenda, what will the long term relationship between central and local government look like?
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The decision of the Supreme Court published today in the Edenred case will be music to public bodies’ ears. For a lot of practitioners it is a slightly surprising decision but the fact that it has been made by the highest court in England gives it significant weight. It relates to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) arrangement between HM Treasury and National Savings and Investments to support the new Tax-free Childcare (TFC) scheme. NS&I have a contract with Atos for many of the back office services required. For the TFC scheme, the Atos contract had to be varied. In summary the Supreme Court held:
It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for! In an announcement made yesterday, the Cabinet Office has confirmed that implementation of the new public procurement regulations in England and Wales will be delayed until 2015.
The Autumn Statement 2013 this week brought with it a whiff of positive news for some parts of the public sector, with the announcement that there will be no further cuts to local authority budgets.
Updates include Subsidy Control Act 2022, Integrated Care Systems lessons, Update on schools admissions, Investment zones, The Retained EU Law, among others.
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Three months on from the commencement of the new statutory Integrated Care Systems (ICS) Anja Beriro and Gerrard Hanratty reflect on the main themes and issues that have come from the new relationship between local government and health.
Browne Jacobson has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Public Sector Legal Services Framework on Lot 1a – full-service provision (England and Wales) and Lot 2a – general service provision (England and Wales).
The Procurement Bill (the Bill) has now been with us for about four months, during which time there have been a huge number of amendments proposed in the House of Lords (circa 320). Lately, there has been less mention of it — unsurprising, really, given everything else going on in politics recently — but here’s a summary of some of the key issues and themes so far.
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