Achilles

This course is aimed at experienced procurement professionals, advisors and lawyers practising in procurement law who have been working with the EU procurement rules for some time. This course looks at the challenges purchasers face and at the more challenging areas of EU procurement legislation

By attending this course, you will be able to appreciate the differences between selection and award criteria, understand the legal requirements of prior disclosure and the consequences of getting it wrong. This information is all needed to reduce risk of challenge for your organisation.

The current financial position has placed even greater emphasis on achieving value for money in procurement.  Many purchasers are concerned that their ability to deliver this value has been jeopardised by court judgments on the application of the EU procurement rules. 

The European Commission is also shortly to release a proposal for a new public procurement directive which is likely to lead to further change to the EU rules. 

What will this mean to purchasers, lawyers, advisors and other stakeholders? This conference will examine the key issues.

This course provides a practical summary of issues, which will enable delegates to compare their own experience of working with the law with colleagues in other public bodies and get real answers to the key question - how do we manage our risk appropriately at a time when our resources are reducing and supplier appetite for challenge is increasing?

By its very nature the EU procurement legislation is constantly evolving.  We need to understand how the courts considered in some details, issues such legal challenge, the extent contracts can be changed and requirements such as the standstill period and cancellation of concluded contracts.
With the implementation of the Defence and security procurement Directive and a review of the Directives, these points have had significant impact on the risk experienced by purchasers and these impacts have not always been reflected in changes in purchasing practice.

The programme sets out key issues that are likely to arise as a result of this very dynamic situation and inevitably will be modified as developments occur