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What period and facts govern procurement act claim limitation in England and Wales?

Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.

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Period
Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day
Trigger
When the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim
Rule
Procurement Act 2023 section 106
Procurement Act 2023 section 106

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Procurement Act 2023 section 106. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings. The procurement act claim limitation source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

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What period and facts govern procurement act claim limitation in England and Wales?

Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.

Responsible actor. A supplier commencing proceedings under Part 9 other than specified set-aside proceedings.

When the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim

Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.

A supplier commencing proceedings under Part 9 other than specified set-aside proceedings. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

How does this provision count time?

  1. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day
  2. Commence the applicable court proceedings.
  3. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.

Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Preserve the Act’s beginning-with wording. Its working-day definition excludes weekends and a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom; ordinary calendar-day and month periods remain distinct.

For procurement act claim limitation, an unavailable office does not by itself establish an extension of a statutory contract-entry restriction, publication duty or limitation. Establish actual procurement applicability and any expressly authorized court order.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Procurement Act 2023 section 106. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings. The procurement act claim limitation source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

A supplier commencing proceedings under Part 9 other than specified set-aside proceedings has records of when the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Commence the applicable court proceedings. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings. Establish the complete procurement act claim limitation procedure before choosing an endpoint.

The proposed procurement act claim limitation step encounters a closed recipient, disputed delivery or an uncertain event. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Preserve the Act’s beginning-with wording. Its working-day definition excludes weekends and a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom; ordinary calendar-day and month periods remain distinct. For procurement act claim limitation, an unavailable office does not by itself establish an extension of a statutory contract-entry restriction, publication duty or limitation. Establish actual procurement applicability and any expressly authorized court order. Establish effective procurement act claim limitation completion and source applicability. No assumed closure extension or substitute date is computed.

Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings. When the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Commence the applicable court proceedings. Preserve this procurement act claim limitation qualification rather than converting incomplete facts into a final date.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed procurement act claim limitation step
A supplier commencing proceedings under Part 9 other than specified set-aside proceedings. Commence the applicable court proceedings.
Operative procurement act claim limitation event and branch
When the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.
Counting and completion of procurement act claim limitation
Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Preserve the Act’s beginning-with wording. Its working-day definition excludes weekends and a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom; ordinary calendar-day and month periods remain distinct. For procurement act claim limitation, an unavailable office does not by itself establish an extension of a statutory contract-entry restriction, publication duty or limitation. Establish actual procurement applicability and any expressly authorized court order.
Procurement Act 2023 section 106
  • A supplier commencing proceedings under Part 9 other than specified set-aside proceedings. Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.
  • Procurement Act claim limitation concerns commence the applicable court proceedings. The when the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim establishes this procedure’s source event. A different remedy, notice recipient or statutory regime requires its own period and completed-act analysis.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

What period and facts govern procurement act claim limitation in England and Wales?

What period governs procurement act claim limitation?

Commence before the end of thirty days beginning with the knowledge day. Specified set-aside proceedings require an earlier-of contract or modification longstop. An extension requires a good-reason court order and cannot exceed its statutory ceilings.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

Which event controls procurement act claim limitation?

When the supplier first knew or ought to have known the circumstances giving rise to the claim. Preserve the actual event and its source evidence.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

What completes procurement act claim limitation?

Commence the applicable court proceedings. A supplier commencing proceedings under Part 9 other than specified set-aside proceedings must establish that particular completed step.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

Does actual knowledge alone determine procurement limitation?

Section 106 includes constructive knowledge, when the supplier ought to have known. A later preferred notification date cannot replace that finding.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

Does the knowledge day count within thirty days?

Section 106(2) expressly begins with that day. Do not replace the wording with thirty days after knowledge.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

Does a court automatically allow three months?

Section 106(3) requires a good-reason extension order. Three months is a ceiling on an actual extension, not the ordinary filing period.

Procurement Act 2023 section 106

Official sources and review

Provisions used (3)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Procurement Act 2023 section 106Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024 regulation 5Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Procurement Act 2023 section 123Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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