May 11, 2022 | Angelyn Rowan, Cian Moriarty, Construction, Blog, Competition, Procurement, Kerri Crossen, Corporate Contracts
Key Contacts: Angelyn Rowan – Partner | Kerri Crossen – Partner | Cian Moriarty – Senior Associate Contractors and employers have struggled to deal with the issue of materials inflation over the last 18 months. This issue is exacerbated on public...
Mar 2, 2022 | Blog, Procurement, Kerri Crossen, Cian Moriarty
Key Contacts: Kerri Crossen – Partner | Cian Moriarty – Senior Associate The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform published a new circular on 9 February 2022 (the “Circular”), indicating a more pragmatic approach to dealing with issues raised by...
Jan 31, 2022 | Blog, Procurement, Kerri Crossen, Jean-Anne Young
Key Contacts: Kerri Crossen – Partner | Jean-Anne Young – Senior Associate In a reversal of the decision of the High Court, the Court of Appeal provides a highly reasoned judgment favouring maintaining the automatic suspension in this case. As in most...
Jan 12, 2022 | Construction, Blog, Procurement, Kerri Crossen, Angelyn Rowan, Patrick Kane
Key Contacts: Angelyn Rowan – Partner | Kerri Corssen – Partner | Patrick Kane – Senior Associate On 7 January 2022, the Office of Government Procurement (the “OGP”) issued a suite of interim amendments to the Capital Works Management Framework...
Nov 26, 2021 | Show all, Construction, Blog, Procurement
On 24 November 2021, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath published a guidance note announcing “interim measures” to address the increase in construction materials costs faced by tenderers in public works contracts. Our previous article on...
Nov 22, 2021 | Technology, Blog, Procurement, Show all
Irish contracting authorities are increasingly looking to cloud services as possible solutions to their IT needs. Cloud IT services often present a number of clear benefits to the public sector: more attractive pricing models (with the ability to scale up and down as...