Clifford Chance

Coronavirus: Implications for UK Government suppliers

31 March 2020

Governments across the globe face unprecedented requirements for critical medical countermeasures and emergency care services to halt the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and protect the health and wellbeing of their citizens. The private and third sectors are set to play a vital role as shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line healthcare workers (e.g. respirators, goggles, gowns and gloves), ventilators and other goods and services mount.

Here we look at the public procurement rules and the latest UK government policy that UK public bodies must navigate when urgently sourcing goods and services.

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