The WLR Daily case summaries
[2025] WLR(D) 97
Court of Appeal
Working on Wellbeing Ltd (trading as Optima Health) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another
[2025] EWCA Civ 127
2024 Dec 10, 11;
2025 Feb 14
2025 Feb 14
Coulson, Fraser, Zacaroli LJJ
Public procurement— Contract award procedure— Disqualification— Contracting authority relying on allegedly mandatory exclusion provision in invitation to tender to reject claimant economic operator’s tender— Whether exclusion provision mandatory— Whether contracting authority obliged to seek clarification— Contracting authority’s rights and duties in connection with clarification or correction of errors in tender of economic operator— Practical guidance for contracting authorities and economic operators —
Public Contracts Regulations 2015
(SI 2015/102), regs 18, 56