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All you need to know about Below Threshold Contracts Frameworks and Dynamic Markets under PA23
Event summary
The event will cover practical tips covering the three highlighted areas of the PA23, which will be areas practitioners will be looking at closely before October.
The event will also offer delegates plenty of time to ask questions.
Date
10 September 2024
Starts: 09:30
Ends: 13:00
Location
Webinar
Standard price
£145.00 excl VAT
Network Member Price
£75.00 excl VAT
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About this event
New provisions in the Procurement Act 2023 (“PA23”) relating to the award of Below Threshold Contracts, establishment and use of Frameworks and Dynamic Markets are an area of growing interest and concern for practitioners. This focused and detailed webinar has been developed to provide clarity around what Contracting Authorities must do before October to update internal rules and resources when awarding below threshold contracts, set up and operate “Closed” and the new “Open” Frameworks, as well as understand, navigate and maximise the opportunities offered by the new Dynamic Markets.
Who should attend?
The webinar will support procurement, category managers, finance, solicitors, auditors, contract managers, ICT directors, technical managers and project managers who are responsible for setting up or making use of Frameworks and Dynamic Markets, as well as award of below threshold contracts.
How will you benefit from attending?
- Practical explanation of PA23 Sections relating to the award of below Threshold contracts, Frameworks and Dynamic Markets.
- Help to remove misunderstandings around use of Frameworks and Dynamic Markets.
- Demonstration of how to run a compliant call-off under Frameworks and Dynamic Markets.
- How to structure procurement documents (terms and conditions and award criteria).
- Post award obligations when awarding under Frameworks/ Dynamic Markets.
- Advantages/ disadvantages - making your choice between Frameworks/ Dynamic Markets.
- Opportunity to ask questions and access sample templates.
CPD hours
This webinar carries 3.5 hours.
Topics
- Audit
- / Financial management
- / Housing
- / Internal audit
- / Local government
- / Performance improvement and policy
- / Police
- / Shared services
- / Treasury management
- / Value for money
Speaker - Mohamed Hans, Principal Procurement Advisor, CIPFA
Mohamed joined CIPFA in 2004, after working as a senior commercial solicitor for a number of West Yorkshire local authorities. He is an expert on the interpretation of public procurement rules and has written extensively on this topic over many years. He has also developed widely used practitioner toolkits, is invited to speak at conferences in the UK and abroad, and is the first point of contact for practitioners need to understand complex procurement issues. He manages the Procurement and Commissioning Network, which has over 130 member authorities. He sits on a number of advisory boards, including the National Audit Office, Home Office and the CIPFA Procurement and Anti-Corruption Advisory Forum.
Speaker - Jamie Thomas
Jamie Thomas is a specialist procurement officer at Durham County Council, a unitary local authority with an annual procurement spend of around £500m. Jamie has been part of the procurement team since 2010. He is responsible for procurement law compliance, and also leads on social value and supplier engagement. Durham’s procurement team recently won the Social Value Leadership Award at the Cabinet Office-backed UK Social Value Awards.
Prior to joining Durham County Council, Jamie worked as a journalist, and as a parliamentary researcher. He has an academic interest in sustainable development, having studied International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, and is currently completing a Master’s degree in public procurement law and policy via Nottingham University’s law school.