Moving forward under PA23 - Drafting your Invitation to Tender for a Competitive Flexible Procedure

Event

Event summary

With just a few months away from implementation of the new Procurement Act 2023 (“PA23”), this event has been scheduled to help your organisation update its Invitation to Tender documents.

Date

03 October 2024
Starts: 10:00
Ends: 15:35

Location

77 Mansell Street
Website
London
Greater London
E1 8AN
[See map]CIPFA Mansell Street

Standard price

£245.00 excl VAT

Network Member Price

£125.00 excl VAT

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About this event

Who should attend?

The webinar will support heads of procurement, procurement officers, senior finance, procurement lawyers, project managers, senior auditors and contract managers who support the development, design and drafting of tender documents.

How will you benefit from attending?

Key learning outcomes include:

  • Explanation of terminology and procedural changes introduced by the PA23.
  • Balancing transparency, proportionality, and equal treatment with the new objectives.
  • Looking at how you can document requirements in your ITT documentation.
  • Ensuring you capture implied/ express provisions in your documentation.
  • Introducing standardisation with the opportunities allowed under a “flexible” procedure.
  • Tips on selecting the optimal and innovating procurement methos to reduce risk.
  • Managing client expectations to ensure best value for money and compliance with the PA23.

CPD hours

This webinar carries 5.5 hours.

Topics

  • Commercialisation
  • / Education finance and academies
  • / Efficiency
  • / Local government
  • / Transformation
  • / Value for money

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Speaker - Mohamed Hans, Procurement Advisor, CIPFA Procurement and Commissioning Network (CPCN)

Mohamed Hans

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 European Public Procurement Rules, and has written extensively on this topic. He has also developed widely-used practitioner toolkits. He is also invited to speak at conferences (UK and abroad) and is often the first point of contact for practitioners understanding complex procurement issues. He manages the CIPFA Procurement and Commissioning Network, which has nearly 100 member authorities.

Email: mohamed.hans@cipfa.org
Tel: 07717 345188.

Webchat is available Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (excluding UK bank holidays).