Dr Sharon Fitzgerald

DLA Piper

Sharon is a partner within DLA Piper Scotland's Finance and Projects group who advises on major infrastructure projects, PFI/PPP projects and commercial contracts. Sharon has a particular specialism in transport projects. She also has extensive experience of various aspects of public procurement law (public contracts and utilities) and has advised a number of regulated bodies.

Sharon has a wide variety of construction experience, including drafting and negotiating consultants' appointments and warranties, standard sub-contract terms and conditions, and standard form and bespoke building contracts.

Sharon has advised in respect of a number of successfully closed projects such as:

The procurement of the Forth Replacement Crossing (acting for the Scottish Government)
The procurement of residual waste services for City of Glasgow Council (acting for the Council), and
The procurement of ferry services for the Northern Isles (acting for the successful bidder).

Legal 500 2011 comments that Sharon "offers first-class advice on procurement-related matters".

Contributed to

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Eligibility and selection in public procurement—exclusion criteria

Practice notes

This Practice Note is the first of two Practice Notes summarising the law in relation to assessing eligibility to participate in a public procurement process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. It examines the mandatory grounds for exclusion as well as the discretionary grounds, including exclusion for past poor performance, as well as the provisions for avoiding exclusion via ‘self-cleaning’ measures.

Public Law

Eligibility and selection in public procurement—selection criteria

Practice notes

This Practice Note is the second of two Practice Notes summarising the law in relation to assessing eligibility to participate in a public procurement process under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. It examines selection criteria that may be adopted, the means of proof, how clarification may be sought for incomplete, erroneous and/or missing information and how the number of eligible bidders invited to tender may be limited. This Practice Note concludes with a checklist of the key considerations for assessing eligibility.

Public Law