UKUPC Webinar -Procurement Pipelines and Contract Management Requirements in the new Procurement Act

In the part of the Procurement Act containing the obligation to publish a procurement pipeline, the financial year is deemed to start on 1st April. This is obviously out of synch with the financial year of a university and therefore, the university will have to decide how it can include this requirement within its annual budgets. What can, and should, universities be doing to get ready for this?
For all regulated contracts with a value of more than £5million, the contracting authority will need to agree with the contractor 3 KPIs that will be reported against annually. Where KPIs are not met, this may lead to contractors being excluded from future tender opportunities. Universities need to ensure that they have both the people and the processes to adhere to this obligation.
Hosted by Anja Beriro, Partner at Browne Jacobson LLP, this session will cover the need for: early preparation of updated template documents; and, convening a meeting with all key contract managers within universities’ estates teams, ensuring everyone understands the obligations and agrees a process by which to manage them.