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Indigo Services (UK) Ltd v The Colchester Institute Corporation

Issue 126 - December 2010 (click to download pdf)

What principles will the court apply when considering an application to lift an automatic suspension in procurement cases?

Azam & Co Solicitors v Legal Services Commission

Issue 125 - November 2010 (click to download pdf)

Was it appropriate to grant a tenderer an extension of time for the submittal of a tender submitting after the published deadline.

Apcoa v The London Borough of Westminster

Issue 120 - June 2010 (click to download pdf)

Were Apcoa entitled to an interim injunction to restrain Westminster from awarding any contract in respect of parking enforcement or street management services?

Croft House Care Ltd & Others v Durham County Council

Issue 119 - May 2010 (click to download pdf)

What documents ought to be disclosed by a contracting authority when a challenge is made to a recent tender process?

Uniplex (UK) Ltd v NHS Business Authority

Issue 114 - December 2009 (click to download pdf)

When challenging a tender process, does time start to run from the date of the breach of procurement law, or the date when the applicant knew or ought to have known of the breach?

Deane Public Works Ltd v Northern Ireland Water Ltd

Issue 112 - October 2009 (click to download pdf)

Had Deane’s tender been treated fairly, in circumstances where clarification had been sought by NIW from two other contractors?

Amaryllis Ltd v HM Treasury

Issue 108 - June 2009 (click to download pdf)

Had Amaryllis brought its claim that HMT were in breach of the procurement regulations, within the three-month time limit?

JB Leadbitter & Co Ltd v Devon County Council

Issue 108 - June 2009 (click to download pdf)

In all the circumstances, should the Council have waived its tender procedures and accepted the incomplete tender submitted by Leadbitter?

McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd v Department of Finance and Personnel

Issue 102 - December 2008 (click to download pdf)

What are the potential remedies available in cases where the court finds that the tender process was flawed?

Henry Bros (Magherafelt) Ltd & Ors v Department of Education for Northern Ireland

Issue 101 - November 2008 (click to download pdf)

Was the tender process, where the commercial criteria were based on a submission of direct fee percentages, flawed? For details of the remedies proposed by the court see Issue 103.

Letting International Ltd v London Borough of Newham

Issue 98 - August 2008 (click to download pdf)

How transparent must the tender process be?

Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd & Others v Department of Education for Northern Ireland

Issue 96 - June 2008 (click to download pdf)

Were the claimants entitled to an injunction restraining the Education Department from concluding a Framework Agreement as a consequence of breaches of the EU procurement legislation? See Issue 137, where the Court of Appeal approved the decision at first instance.

EMM G Lianakis AE and Others v Municipality of Alexandroupolis

Issue 93 - March 2008 (click to download pdf)

What does the requirement that tenderers must be placed on an equal footing throughout the tender process mean to contracting authorities?

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