Katrina Day

Experience

Katrina is a Legal Director, specialising in procurement and commercial advice. Katrina works on large scale projects, advising on all aspects of procurement strategy and compliance and drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. 

Katrina has worked in the social housing sector since her training in 1999 and therefore has vast experience of this sector and the changes it has undergone. 

Through her specialism in procurement, Katrina has also worked with a range of public bodies, including local authorities and NHS Trusts. 

Expertise

Katrina supports our clients on all aspects of their procurement's including:  

• reviewing procurement strategies;
• ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act 2023;
• drafting tender documents for open and competitive flexible procedures
• advising on supplier qualification and tender assessment;
• setting up and using frameworks for the award of contracts;
• contract extensions and other modifications. 

She also works closely with the Housing and Regeneration team on development transactions, identifying where “works contracts” will form part of the transaction or where exemptions may apply to bring the transaction outside of the Procurement Act 2023.

Katrina also advises on contractual arrangements such as management agreements, service level agreements and grant funding arrangements. She was heavily involved in the “Supporting People” programme and enjoys working on projects in the care and support field.

Katrina enjoys talking all things procurement and regularly issues podcasts and webinars and provides training to clients on procurement issues.

Notable Projects

• Advising on the procurement of an innovative Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of repairs in the housing sector and a supplier framework to deliver the IT platform 
• Working with a housing provider to put in place frameworks for the provision of repairs, maintenance and compliance across their property portfolio 
• Advising on procurement strategy in relation to a complex NHS construction project, including dialogue as part of the procedure.

Admitted as a Solicitor

2001

Memberships

• Law Society

Qualifications

• LLB Hons – University of Warwick 
• LPC College of Law Guildford