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The Cabinet Office has published a Procurement Policy Note (09/15) on the requirements for contracting authorities to assist with procurement investigations – specifically the Mystery Shopper scheme. Previously, compliance by contracting authorities with this investigation process (instigated by SMEs who felt a tender exercise had not been undertaken fairly or had been unbalanced in favour of larger companies) was optional.
On 26 May 2015, section 40 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 came into force, making contracting authorities’ assistance with any such investigation compulsory. Investigations can be into the procurement process or contract management. Contracting authorities may be issued with a notice under section 40 requiring provision of documents and information; if they fail to respond they will be in breach of their statutory duty.
This gives more ‘teeth’ to central government’s powers to intervene in local government procurement and seems contrary to the model of decentralisation that the government is ostensibly working towards.
Guidance for students returning to, and starting higher education, in spring term 2021 requires universities to set a clear expectation that all students should access Covid-19 testing on their return to university.
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Navigating the completion of corporate transactions remotely and integrating the use of electronic signatures into this process has become increasingly common since March last year. Law Society Company Law Committee, which included our Knowledge Director Emma Grant, has published a useful Q&A.
Free movement between the UK and the EU ended on 31 December 2020. Since 1 January 2021, a new points-based immigration system applies to all migrants wanting to come to the UK, whether they are EU citizens or not.
Lateral flow testing is underway in schools across England to provide rapid Covid-19 testing of staff and students in secondary schools and colleges.
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