My role
I am a senior member of our procurement and construction team and help registered providers, local authorities, arms-length management organisations and buying clubs with all aspects of procurement, maintenance and improvement contracts and related arrangements, including governance structures. I also advise on the construction and procurement aspects of new build including with modern methods of construction. I lead our work in keeping the NHF Schedule of Rates Form of Contract up to date.
My experience
I have over 25 years of experience at Anthony Collins, following seven years in-house in local government. After some time specialising in governance and large regeneration projects (including PFI/PPP), most of my work since 2005 has involved helping clients with procurement, maintenance and development arrangements.
My publications include the National Housing Federations’ Guide to the EU procurement rules, Procurement in Practice: Avoiding the pitfalls and getting the best result and I worked with Echelon Consultancy to write the NHF Contract management guide (2nd edition published in 2020).
“Andrew is very pragmatic and commercially minded in his advice.” Chambers and Partners, 2024
My specialisms
- Public procurement
- Construction
- Structuring maintenance arrangements
- Development arrangements and frameworks
My latest insights
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PPN 03/24 withdraws use of PAS 91 and updates SQ
The Crown Commercial Service has replaced Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 3/23 with a new PPN and new Standard Selection Questionnaire...
Court extends the burden on contracting authorities in drafting standstill letters
I have just read the case of OCS Group UK Limited v Community Health Partnerships Limited. It concerned an application for the disclosure...
Procurement Bill faces further delays
The Cabinet Office has advised that the planned implementation date for the new procurement regime is now October 2024. The third reading...
General change clause not sufficient
The James Waste case* concerned whether a temporary change to a waste contract was permitted under Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts...
Australia and New Zealand trade agreement changes to procurement rules extended to Wales
Regulations have been made to extend the changes to the public procurement rules made because of the Australia and New Zealand free trade...
Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreement drives changes to the public procurement rules
The signing of free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand has led to the need for the Government to make a few changes to the...
When to advertise on Contracts Finder
As a result of Brexit, we have lost right to use VAT-exclusive values in the public procurement rules. The Government has finally passed...
Judge outlaws averaging evaluators' scores
An important new case has raised doubts as to whether it is legitimate to average evaluators' scores. In Bromcom Computers v United...
PPNs demonstrate the need for section 17 LGA 88 to be repealed
First, it was Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 11/20 on reserving below threshold contracts for local suppliers and now it is PPN 1/22 on...
Procurement case is good news for rescue contractors following insolvency
A client can transfer a contract to a ‘rescue contractor’ following the insolvency of their existing contractor without a new...
Building Safety Bill - implications for maintenance
I was talking about the Building Safety Bill proposals at the NHMF conference yesterday, alongside my colleague Lorna Kenyon-Pain from...
More new transparency requirements - nothing to worry about
Procurement practitioners may be alarmed to see yet another update to the transparency requirements in PPN (Procurement Policy Note)...
NHF Decarbonisation Guide Published
Last week the National Housing Federation issued its decarbonisation guide. The guide includes an absolute zero target for scope 1...
Standard terms - a trap
The case of Blue Sky Solutions v BE Caring contains a warning for organisations that rely on standard terms and conditions for their...
Two important points from Triple Point - liquidated damages and contractual negligence
The Supreme Court decision in the Triple Point case has clarified two legal principles that are important for construction and other...
PPN 7/17 - Cross border interest - but only in Northern Ireland
In my recent post on Procurement Policy Note 7/17, I promised to report again once I had heard from the Cabinet Office. I was questioning...
Transparency but with confusion - PPN 7/21
The Government has replaced the misleading Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 7/16 with an updated version, PPN 7/21. We criticised PPN 7/16...
Housing Technology: New software module equals new procurement?
Click here to read the latest edition of Housing Technology featuring our article where we look at public procurement issues through the...
Procurement Bill in the Queen's Speech
For procurement practitioners, the prospect of a further wholesale revision of the public procurement rules (so soon after the last one...
Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper
A couple more e-briefings from us on the Government's Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper: The transparency "paperchase" at:...
Welsh procurement policy statement
As a procurement lawyer who works with a wide range of procurement professionals, I was delighted to see the Welsh Government wanted to...
My latest articles
Submerged in detail – Part 2 consultation on notices under the draft Procurement Act
It has been a little while now since we responded to this...
Playing with framework agreements
The Government’s guidance on using the Sourcing Playbook...
Substantial change? Complete rubbish!
In James Waste v Essex County Council, the High Court...