‘Most competitions run by local authorities attract UK bidders, and the question of who is owed statutory duties never arises. It arises more often than it used to. Waste, energy, highways, digital systems and construction supply chains now draw in suppliers established outside the UK, not all of them from states with a procurement agreement with us. When one loses and complains, the first question is not whether the evaluation was sound. It is whether the authority owed it anything at all.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th August 2026
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
