PLA Working Groups
Members of the Procurement Lawyers Association share their
expertise and views on public procurement law by way of Working
Groups.
All members of the PLA are invited and welcome to join Working
Groups.
Working Groups consider particular topics and in the past these
have included Evaluation Shared Services and responses to formal
consultations.
Please contact any member of the Executive Committee if you have
any ideas for future Working Groups.
Duncan Osler (duncan.osler@macroberts.com)
and Rosemary Choueka (Rosemary.Choueka@lg-legal.com)
are the PLA's current Working Group Facilitators and are happy to
discuss any aspects of Working Groups with members at any time.
Operating Principles
The formation of Working Groups will be announced to the
membership along with an invitation to attend an initial
meeting.
At that meeting, the objectives of the Working Group should be
set.
Any member may volunteer for the role of leader of a Working
Group; the Facilitators will assist as necessary.
Thereafter, each Working Group should decide on its own approach
and volunteer work programme, allocating responsibility to
individuals to contribute individual pieces of work (such as case
digests). Each Working Group should set, and keep under review,
timescales for completing pieces of work, and through
Facilitators.
Ideally and as far as possible, Working Groups should meet to
discuss their work (rather than only conference calling). A Working
Group should meet at least twice after the initial meeting, once to
discuss core matters and later to reach a consensus on any
difficult legal views or comment. That being a minimum, some
Working Groups met on several occasions before completing their
work.
Each Working Group should decide on the best means of
circulating its output to members and beyond, such as by way of a
PLA Event and release via the PLA website. Facilitators and the
Events Coordinator will assist with the programming of Events.
Current projects
Completed projects