Public Procurement

New Portuguese multi-author blog on public procurement

Pedro Telles

24 Oct 2016 — 1 min read

My dear colleagues from the Instituto de Ciencias Juridicas e Politicas from the University of Lisbon decided to set up a multiauthor blog in public procurement: contratospublicos.net. It is in Portuguese only but the content already there is excellent and with a good deal of discussion in the comments.

I could not resist Miguel Raimundo's kind invitation and have joined up as an author. It's the first time in more than 10 years that I am writing work related pieces in Portuguese. Although rusty, it is nice for a change from my usual English writing.

My first entry on direct awards and request for proposals is already up and a second on lots is coming later today.

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Rethinking the procurement Directives: How many procedures are too many?

The (new) National Public Procurement Statement is out

Sentences to ponder

Rethinking the procurement Directives: How to improve electronic procurement and data capture