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Or maybe silver. The Cabinet Office is claiming victory on a number of points that they have been negotiating (and continue to) with the EU regarding the new procurement directive.
Proposed “national oversight bodies” will no longer come into being and there will not be a mandatory division of contracts into lots in order to encourage SME participation. The Cabinet Office has also been pushing for greater access to the competitive procedure with negotiation, slightly ironic considering the current clampdown on use of the competitive dialogue process and requirement for central government contracts to be procured within 120 days, and it claims that these requests have been acted upon.
One area in which they haven’t been successful is the retention of the Part A/Part B split with this being a key issue for Europe. Though there will be a “lighter touch” regime for some services.
We wait to see what the next round of dialogue and the final directive brings.
Following an MP debate on 5 November 2019, the government is due to release long-awaited guidance as to how it intends to protect workers in the retail industry against violence, harassment and abuse.
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Statistics released by Eaton indicate that 1 in 4 Universities have received complaints about fire safety issues or building evacuation procedures from students, staff or members of the public in the last 5 years.
Nazareth Care Charitable Trust which operates a care home in Bonnyrigg, Scotland, recently received a fine after a resident at one of its care homes suffered a fatal injury after falling down a flight of stairs.
Draft legislation has already been produced to replicate the 2017 IR35 changes within the public sector and extend these to medium and large private sector organisations, with the final legislation previously expected this month.
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