On 19 March 2020 the Government issued Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 01/20 responding to COVID-19. “In these exceptional circumstances, authorities may need to procure goods, services and works with extreme urgency. Authorities are permitted to do this using regulation 32(2)(c) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015.” Regulation 32 (2)(c) states the following: – 32.— (2) The…