Piepenbrock Dienstleistungen GmbH & Co KG v Kreis Düren [2013] EUECJ C-386/11

Services: When ‘in-house’ ends up in the outhouse

Alexandra Cross and Al Goodwin review recent developments in shared services arrangements ‘The ECJ has recently distinguished particular aspects of the conditions which trigger the application of public sector “in-house” exemptions in the case of Piepenbrock.’Public sector shared services arrangements are nothing new – in the local authority sector alone, the Local Government Association has …

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Regulation: Wishing well

Martin Vincent examines exemption from the Public Contracts Regulations To benefit from the Teckal exception, a contracting authority must control the contractor to a degree that is similar to that which it exercises over its own departments.’There is seemingly a lot of confusion out there regarding contracts between contracting authorities and whether they are exempt …

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Update: Have a care

Jack Hayward reports on a rather contentious time in procurement practice ‘For those involved in the outsourcing of public services, particularly to mutuals and staff buyouts, funding has always been an issue. The government has made much of social impact bonds but provided very little meat on the bones.’I have spent the past few months …

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