This fully updated new edition will assist all those advising on or involved in tendering, selecting, negotiating and managing commercial contracts in local government. The book provides invaluable guidance and practical advice, starting with the principles of procurement, detailing the UK and EU constraints moving through to the process of procurement and negotiating the contract. Contractual principles are discussed and the work includes the contents of contracts for various local authority clients? departments with example clauses and hints on drafting techniques.
