Monthly Archives: May 2016

Quality Management – The Procurement Angle! The procurement angle in quality management is far more than ensuring a specification is provided to all members of the supply chain. We were once engaged to advise a ‘naval systems’ European manufacturer who had a contractor with a USA client. Our task was to process map the whole […]

Exercising Expert Judgement We have been reading some project management literature. In a section on procurement, it refers to tools and techniques and includes the term “expert judgement.” There is no explanation for what it actually means, but it does say it is available from many sources, including consultants. It fails to emphasise that procurement […]

MANCHESTER UNITED – SECURITY ALERT  AND SECURITY SERVICES The events at Manchester United were ‘unfortunate’ to say the least. Procurement specialists should be turning their attention to security contracts that their business may have in place. What follows in this briefing is not intended to impugn Manchester United – the purpose of the briefing is […]

Another Public Sector Flawed Tender Process The High Court of Ireland judgement in RPS Consulting Engineers Ltd v Kildare County Council (reported 15th February 2016) provides further insight into public sector flawed processes. As always, with our briefing notes, we can only scratch the surface and whet your appetite to read more. A contract was […]

Does a Council’s Procurement Stand Scrutiny? The England and Wales High Court produces judgements that are of great interest to procurement specialists. We are prompted to produce this briefing note after reading Newlyn Plc v London Borough of Waltham Forest (2016) EWH C 771 (TCC). Our comments below are not aimed at Waltham Forest who […]

Health & Safety A new challenge for procurement   The Sentencing Council (who in procurement has heard of them?) issued new definitive guidelines in regard to health and safety offences. The legislation came into force on 1st February 2016 and introduced new, significantly larger fines for health and safety offences. The guidelines cover the following […]

Construction Manager at Risk – Part 3   Parts 1 and 2 of this briefing not have triggered a lot of interest. We have had queries about the nature and content of the contractual agreement. We always advise our clients to pay special attention to definitions. For example on the New Orleans airport project, there […]