Designing your Competitive Flexible Procedure and Assessment Summary

About this event

Contracting authorities have been used to following process driven procurement procedures under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, however the Procurement Act 2023 now offers contracting authorities an opportunity to design their own procurement process. This will give contracting authorities greater flexibilities to design procedures that meet their specific contract requirements. The catch however is that organisations will have to operate within the overarching principles and objectives under the Procurement Act 2023. In addition, the procurement procedure will have to be clearly documented and linked to the wide-ranging transparency obligations in the legislation to create certainty for all parties and avoid legal challenges.

To avoid getting caught out and having your procurements delayed or abandoned, this event has been scheduled to support practitioners. It will focus on the competitive flexible procedure and provide support and offer guidance to draft complaint documents.

Who should attend?

The event will support heads of procurement, senior finance, procurement lawyers, project managers, senior auditors and contract managers with strategic responsibility of the procurement function. It will also benefit other practitioners who are responsible for delivering better procurement outcomes and innovative service delivery.

How will you benefit from attending?

Key learning outcomes include:

• Practical explanation of how CAs can make the most of the new flexibilities and freedoms.
• Detail the scope and parameters to design your own procedure under the PA23.
• Understand how the principles and objectives will apply to the procedure.
• Update on refinements to the old favourites – restricted procedure and LTR.
• Clarification on the level of engagement and negotiations allowed with suppliers.
• Importance of having clear and documented processes to avoid disputes. 
• Why it is essential to create guidance notes to provide clarity for staff and suppliers.

CPD hours

This event carries five CPD points.