The Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Regulations 2011 will come into effect on 1 October 2011. They
change the time limits for bringing public procurement proceedings,
and make certain other amendments summarised below. The changes
apply to all the public sector, utility sector and recent defence
and security public contracts rules, as well as to their relevant
Scottish equivalents.
Time limits
The new time limit for bringing procurement proceedings will be
30 days running from the date on which the claimant first knew, or
ought to have known, that grounds for starting the proceedings had
arisen (the "date of knowledge"), with Court discretion
to extend this period up to an absolute maximum of three months.
This will apply in all situations where the date of knowledge is 1
October 2011 or later. Transitional arrangements apply so that
where the date of knowledge occurs before 1 October 2011, the time
limit will be three months from the date of
