Competitive Dialogue and the Procurement of Major Contracts - A half day conference - 27 October 2011

We are pleased to announce the next PLA event which will focus on the use of the competitive dialogue procedure and the procurement of major contracts. The event will include presentations on the UK experience as well as on how the competitive dialogue requirements have been interpreted in some other EU Member States, such as the grounds on which the procedure may be used and the extent of any discussions that may take place following the submission of final tenders. The topics and speaker line up will be confirmed in the coming weeks but the latter will include:

Prof. Dr. iur. Martin Burgi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Professor François Lichère, University of Aix-Marseilles III, France
Professor Steen Treumer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The programme for our competitive dialogue and the procurement of major contracts event has now been finalised and we set this out below. We are delighted to announce that in addition to presentations on the use of the competitive dialogue in Denmark, France and Germany,the programme now includes a presentation by the Cabinet Office on the Government's "lean procurement" initiative with a focus on the competitive dialogue procedure as well as presentations on the use of the competitive dialogue in the UK and the PPP Forum's perspective on the procurement of major contracts.

Registration

The event is free for PLA members. Non-members may attend for a ticket price of £25.

Members: To reserve your place for this event please simply respond to PLAevent@nortonrose.com.
Non-members: To reserve your place for this event please respond to PLAevent@nortonrose.comand send a cheque made payable to the "Procurement Lawyers' Association" for the attention of Totis Kotsonis to Norton Rose LLP, 3 More London Riverside, SE1 2AQ.

Venue

The event will be held on Thursday, 27 October 2011 between 2:30pm - 6pm (followed by a drinks reception) at Holborn Bars, 138-142 Holborn, London, EC1N 2NQ. Directions on how to get to the venue are provided in this link: http://www.devere.co.uk/our-locations/holborn/directions.html

Programme - Competitive dialogue and the procurement of major contracts - Thursday, 27 October 2011

1430	Registration
1500	Chairman’s introduction
1515	The UK Government “lean procurement” initiative Speaker: Alex Holland (Cabinet Office)
1545	The use of the competitive dialogue in Denmark Speaker: Prof. Steen Treumer (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
1615	The use of the competitive dialogue procedure in Germany Speaker: Prof. Dr Marin Burgi (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
1645	The use of the competitive dialogue procedure in France Speaker: Prof. François Lichère (University of Aix-Marseilles III, France)
1715	Review of the use of the competitive dialogue in the UK Speakers: Susie Smith (Bevin Brittan) & Richard Craven (University of Nottingham)
1745	The PPP Forum's perspective on the procurement of major contracts in the UK Speakers: Ciara Kennedy-Loest & Andrew Briggs (Hogan Lovells)
1815	Closing remarks
1830	Close of conference (followed by a drinks reception)

If you have any queries in relation to this event, please contact Totis Kotsonis at totis.kotsonis@nortonrose.com or on tel. 020 7444 3611.

Event Materials

The Use of Competitive Dialogue for Major Projects in the UK - PhD Findings - Slides