Andrew is a senior consultant in the procurement and construction team with over 25 years of experience at the firm. He supports registered providers, local authorities, arms-length management organisations and buying clubs with all aspects of procurement, maintenance and improvement contracts, including advising on governance structures.
Having been an expert in governance and large regeneration projects (including PFI/PPP), Andrew advises on the construction and procurement of new builds, including modern methods of construction and leads the firm’s work in keeping the NHF Schedule of Rates Form of Contract up to date.
Recognised for this pragmatic and commercially minded advice, Andrew has written and contributed to several procurement guides including, the National Housing Federations’ Guide to the EU procurement rules, Procurement in Practice: Avoiding the pitfalls and getting the best result and the NHF Contract management guide (2nd edition published in 2020).
My specialisms
- Public procurement
- Construction
- Structuring maintenance arrangements
- Development arrangements
- Frameworks
My insights
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One would have thought that with a new Government, 45 pages of Regulations and amendments to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 23) and related...
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I have been reflecting that there are several places where the Cabinet Office guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) does not...
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The Crown Commercial Service has replaced Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 3/23 with a new PPN and new Standard Selection Questionnaire...

It has been a little while now since we responded to this Cabinet Office consultation. Read some of the points we made...

The Government’s guidance on using the Sourcing Playbook in conjunction with framework agreements raised a few...

In James Waste v Essex County Council, the High Court decided that a change to a waste contract was not substantial...