Dear colleague,

Welcome to a supplementary edition of Commissioning and Procurement News. This edition brings you information of an important consultation launched today. The European Commission has published a green paper and public consultation around modernising public procurement.
 

We're aware that many of you, like ourselves, may be suffering from consultation fatigue right now. However, here at LCPU, this is the one we've been waiting for - influencing changes to the EU Procurement Directives to make tenders more flexible and accessible to voluntary sector organisations.

NAVCA will be responding to this consultation and we welcome your views to include in our response. We think it would also be beneficial for members to submit individual responses where they are able to do so and we will be producing a briefing paper to support you to do this.

Keep an eye on LCPU news or the Commissioning & Procurement group on Navcaboodlefor updates or email lcpu@navca.org.uk to register for the briefing or discuss any of these issues further.

If you want to find out more about the current public procurement regime, take a look at the NAVCA guide "Pathways through the maze: A guide to procurement law".The guide answers the most common questions voluntary and community organisations have about procurement processes and explains the legal requirements applying to public bodies' procurement exercises.

Best wishes, 

The Local Commissioning and Procurement Unit