Public Procurement
In the context of the ongoing reform of public procurement rules in the UK, the government has published a policy paper on its ambitions regarding transparency. As usual, Albert was very quick off the gates and his views are expressed here. Those include some fair criticism in terms of the
Public Procurement
A few weeks ago I published this table with the usage of competitive dialogue, competitive procedure with negotiation and innovation partnership from the beginning of 2014 to the end of 2021: The obvious take away message from the table is that that the war for the flexible procurement procedure of
Public Procurement
I have just uploaded a new paper to SSRN reflecting on the 18 years of competitive dialogue: “ ” This paper will published in the forthcoming book published in Steen Treumer’s memory and as far as publications go, for me this was a veritable labour of love which I am grateful
Public Procurement
From a new(ish) paper by Francesco Decarolis and Cristina Giorgiantonio on corruption red flags in public procurement: “” As I have said many times, even as a proponent of using most economically advantageous tender criteria in public procurement, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Public Procurement
Having spent most of 2020 criticising the procurement response of the UK Government to the covid-19 pandemic, those decisions are now coming home to roost. Back in February we found out that £8.7B of the £12.1B of PPE purchased in 2020-21 was 'lost' and now we
Public Procurement
Last week the Cabinet Office published a press release entitled '350 rules to be ditched, creating a simpler, more flexible and transparent procurement' which is so outlandish in its claims that it warrants a proper fisking almost line by line: “” No evidence of these '350 EU laws&
Public Procurement
This is from a paper I am writing on competitive dialogue. I was surprised by the disparity but do not have any particular insight on why the numbers are what they are, but it is an interesting data set to ponder:
Public Procurement
I am yet to really get my teeth into the Procurement Bill laid before Parliament a couple of weeks ago, but have had a chance to look into exclusions and just those few articles warrant a blogpost by themselves. It is fair to say I am not a fan of
Public Procurement
In 'honour’ of the Procurement Bill being laid before Parliament in the UK, me and Albert are finally making available on SSRN the paper we authored for the European Law Review back in 2019 about the UK’ transition from an EU-based procurement legal system to one of its own.
Public Procurement
Not long after Prince Charles stood in for the Queen for the Queen’s Speech and the Government was laying before Parliament the new Procurement Bill, thus meaning we went straight from the consultation on the Green Paper to the (almost) final product without the intermediate step of a White
Public Procurement
As mentioned yesterday I attended a conference on sustainability in public procurement last week in Lisbon, probably the first sustainability-related conference I have attended since May 2017 and a good opportunity to take stock of what has changed over the years. Externally, the pressure is on to combat climate change
Public Procurement
Last week I attended my first in person conference this side of COVID and I think it is fair to make a couple of observations regarding the experience. Overall, it seemed like COVID never happened and it was business as usual since it was a purely physical event with no