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Cabinet Office sharpens resolution on new procurement horizon
07 Jul 2021
The Cabinet Office has published three notes in quick succession which aim to add detail to the aspirational mission statement that it set out in the 2020 Public Procurement Green Paper
Transforming Public Procurement – WBD's response to the Green Paper. Blue sky thinking or a brewing storm?
25 Mar 2021
In anticipation of the UK's exit from the European Union, the Cabinet Office published its Public Procurement Green Paper on 15 December 2020. It serves as an aspirational mission statement for the future of public procurement post-Brexit. The document reflects the overarching political climate in which it was composed, with the ministerial foreword taking aim at the EU's "outdated public procurement regime". The new proposals align themselves with the international Agreement on Government Procurement, and seem to deliberately steer away from the previous regime as a point of principle, towards one that "better meets the UK's needs".
WBD strengthens public sector practice with new partner hire in Newcastle
10 Nov 2020
WBD has strengthened its Projects and Procurement team, which advises a broad range of UK local and central government authorities, with the appointment of Deborah Ramshaw who joins as a partner in the firm's Newcastle office.
WBD supports the Government Property Conference 2019
15 Feb 2019
WBD is proud to have supported the Government Property Conference 2019 (14 February) which took place in the QEII Centre, Westminster.
Womble Bond Dickinson joins The Whitehall & Industry Group
06 Jul 2018
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has become a member of The Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG), an independent charity that brings business, government and the not-for-profit sector closer together, to learn from each other and co-create solutions.
Making savings in PPP/PFI contracts: do you have a 'VHS' contract?
04 Apr 2017
Consider how different the world today looks compared to 25 years ago. 1992 was a time of fax machines and VHS players, smart phones and on-demand TV were the stuff of science fiction. The changes since 1992 have been significant and the rate of change is likely to increase.
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