Procurement Act – Session 1/4

The Procurement Act goes live on 24 February 2025 and Echelon Group will be delivering four virtual sessions for the social housing sector on the new Act and how to prepare for the one of the largest shake ups to procurement rules in history. 

Mathew Baxter, Group Chief Executive of Echelon Group and Kieran McGaughey will be leading the sessions.

Kieran is a consultant solicitor and procurement law trainer. He has a wealth of experience advising authorities on public procurement and helping them to prepare for the Procurement Act. Kieran sits on the executive committee of the Procurement Lawyers’ Association (PLA) and is National Lead for Procurement within Lawyers in Local Government (LLG). He is a keen commentator on procurement matters via LinkedIn and articles in the legal press, and a regular speaker at procurement events.

All sessions will be delivered virtually and are available to the sector to attend for free.

Session 1 will focus on Pre-Procurement and Routes to Market and will cover:

• Pipeline notices and pre-market engagement
• New duties around considering SME barriers
• The new conflicts assessments
• The new competitive flexible procedure
• Getting your invitation to tender updated for the new regime

The link to the 10am – 12pm session can be found below:

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Meeting ID: 383 477 552 438

Passcode: dFVnrM

We are expecting a lot of interest in these sessions so please join 5-minutes earlier to allow for a prompt start to the sessions.