On 1 May 2026 the High Court handed down Parkingeye Ltd v Velindre University NHS Trust [2026] EWHC 1019 (TCC) - the first judgment under the Procurement Act 2023. Two NHS bodies asked to be released from an automatic suspension so they could sign a car park contract. Both applications were dismissed. The court has now confirmed that under PA23 the public interest will generally favour keeping the suspension in place - a significant departure from the old position. In plain t

Evaluators are noticing it across the sector. Responses are fluent, well-structured, fully compliant and increasingly interchangeable. Same requirement, same tools, same output. The result is bunching at the top of the score range, evaluators struggling to articulate why one supplier scored above another, and moderation notes that don't hold up when someone asks for reasons. That last point is the real risk: if you can't explain the differential, you can't defend the award. B

Not every tender ends in an award. Funding moves, budgets don't stretch, specifications turn out to be wrong. Under the old rules, abandoning a procurement was a quiet, private act. Under the Procurement Act 2023 it isn't. If you've published a tender or transparency notice - or even a contract award notice - and then decide not to award before signing, section 55 requires a procurement termination notice on the central digital platform, as soon as reasonably practicable. Reg

With the exception of Light Touch the new thresholds have been slightly reduced from previous levels and, as before, are all inclusive of VAT Please see https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6929c25eb3b9afff34e96238/2025-11-14_PPN_023_2026_Threshold_amounts.pdf for further guidance Type of Contract Threshold from 01.01.26 Previous threshold to 31.12.25 Works £5,193,000 £5,372,609 Goods and Services £207,720 £214,904 Light Touch Contracts (sub central government auth

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