Butterworths Public Procurement and CCT Handbook

""The drive towards a Single Market lies at the heart of attempts to refine the EU's public procurement rules and make them more readily enforceable. A growing body of case law illustrates the hazards for central and local government, public sector bodies and utilities in failing to meet the requirements of the rules when seeking to place contracts for works, services or supplies. In parallel with the EU regime, local authorities must also consider the application of the rules of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) which operate in the UK to subject certain requirements to a competitive process. This handbook is the first source book to bring together in one volume material covering these interrelated and complex areas of practice.Part I covers public procurement in the UK, and includes the Utilities Contracts Regulations which came into force in December 1996, as well as the other regulations implementing the procurement directives in the UK. Part II sets out statutes and statutory instruments relating to CCT. Part III covers EC material and includes the Council Decision approving the Agreement establishing the WTO and the text of the Government Procurement Agreement. The revisi