New public procurement blog
Michael Bowsher, barrister and director of the King's College Diploma and Master's course 'EU Public Procurement Law in a Global Context' has just started a new blog on public procurement.
Welcome to the fold Michael!
Michael Bowsher, barrister and director of the King's College Diploma and Master's course 'EU Public Procurement Law in a Global Context' has just started a new blog on public procurement.
Welcome to the fold Michael!
"Suppose that governments are the only buyers of a certain product. Each one wishes to encourage production in its own jurisdiction, and therefore lets it be known that a firm’s bid will be seriously considered only if the product is supplied from a local plant. There will then
For the first entry into this series about rethinking the procurement Directives, I am starting with the choice of legislative instrument since it shapes all regulatory decisions contained within as well as (hopefully) their enforcement. With this proposed change I am not arguing that changing legislative instrument will magically solve
I've recently come across this document commissioned (I think) by the EIC Forum analysing the legal issues affecting innovation in public procurement. While it is not a final report, there was a barrier mentioned here that attracted my attention: the preference for price only contracts in procurement. Time
In March and April I will be taking part in a couple of procurement related events. First off, the ERA annual procurement conference, to be held in Trier on March 20th and 21st. I have not visited Trier in many years and am very much looking forward to this one.