Meet our team / Dr Steven Brunning
Dr Steven Brunning
Partner
Partner and head of public procurement
My role
I lead our expert and very experienced public procurement team. I advise on all aspects of public procurement law across our key sectors including strategy and design, advising clients throughout the procurement lifecycle and in relation to procurement challenges. I am a visiting lecturer on the Executive Programme in Public Procurement Law and Policy at the University of Nottingham, a member of the Procurement Lawyers Association and have completed a PhD in public procurement law. My academic research focus is on frameworks, other commercial tools and centralised purchasing with my work having been published in academic journals including the Public Procurement Law Review. I also advise on subsidy control and support clients on a range of projects and funding programmes.
My experience
I have extensive experience advising central and local government, the housing sector and the wider public and private sectors on public procurement, subsidy control and a range of commercial projects. Having spent many years in-house within a large local authority and a technology company prior to joining Anthony Collins, I am able to appreciate different stakeholder perspectives in complex projects and provide compliant, pragmatic and innovative solutions.
My specialisms
- Procurement
- Technology/Information technology
- Contracts
- Subsidy control
- Outsourcing/Alliancing/Joint ventures
My latest insights
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that they are working towards a ‘go-live’ date for the Procurement Act of Monday 28 October 2024. This...
The Government Commercial Function has just released three sets of high-level ‘Knowledge Drops’ designed to provide an overview of the...
As you may have seen in my previous blog, nearly three years since the Cabinet Office began its Green Paper consultation, the Procurement...
Yesterday, nearly three years since the Cabinet Office began its Green Paper consultation, the Procurement Act 2023 received royal...
As the Procurement Bill moves back to the House of Lords for amendments to be considered, the Bill is edging closer to receiving Royal...
Today, the National Audit Office has released a report which examines whether the Government has mechanisms in place to understand and...
The Cabinet Office has today published Part I of its consultation on secondary legislation required to implement the new public...
The Government has published the findings from its Cyber Security Breaches Survey: a survey of UK businesses, charities and education...
The Cabinet Office’s latest Procurement Policy Note (PPN)* announces an update to the Government’s guidance on procuring steel in...
Whilst the title suggests we are about to regale you with the latest meanderings of the White Rabbit in Wonderland, this is but a ploy to...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has announced [1] that the operative provisions of the new UK subsidy control...
In a recent e-briefing, we explored the concept of 'maximising public benefit' used in the Procurement Bill and the curious absence of...
We have reached an exciting point in public procurement reform as the Procurement Bill 2022 has been formally introduced in the House of...
It has been nearly six months since the Cabinet Office issued its response to the Green Paper: Transforming public procurement...
The Government has just released new guidance on sourcing and contracting for digital, data and technology projects and programmes....