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In this blog we look in more detail at the proposals for a debarment list, centrally maintained by the Cabinet Office. This blog does not consider the related topic of grounds for exclusion, which themselves will be streamlined and modernised from the current regime under Regulation 57 PCR: this is a topic in its own …
Debarment from UK Government contracts – back to the future Read More »
In our first article we considered the legal lessons to be learned by the public sector from the failed transformational IT project considered by the High Court in the CISGIL v IBM case. The focus of our analysis was on the terms of the agreement between CISGIL and IBM signed in May 2015 and the …
What can the public sector learn from CISGIL v IBM? Part Two – The Practical Lessons Read More »
CISGIL v IBM concerned the failed implementation of an IT system that was core to CISGIL’s continuing ability to do business, with sums claimed by CISGIL in excess £128 million. By way of background, CISGIL was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Co-operative Group Limited (“Co-op Group”) and was in the business of underwriting and …
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For anyone interested or involved in the way the UK spends £290bn of public money each year, the Cabinet Office’s Green Paper on Public Procurement which can be found here will make interesting reading. Even the most curmudgeonly Remainer would have to admit that the Paper is bristling with innovation and presents an opportunity to …
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