Public Procurement
Well, it looks like today is transparency day in the blog as the NAO has just published a report on the spend by Central Government with consultants for Brexit related matters. Predictably it makes for grim reading and here’s a bit of the press release (the final paragraph): The
Public Procurement
Long time readers of the blog know where I sit in the divide of more or less data being made available about procurement processes (more, of course). Having said that, I’m not impervious to the competition law arguments regarding the impact more data has on cartel formation/stability. But
Public Procurement
This past semester I have been teaching a module on blockchain and the law as part of our LLM in LegalTech. It is not directly about public procurement, but preparing classes forced me to organise my thoughts about the possible uses of blockchain overall. What I think about blockchain as
Public Procurement
Myself and Albert co-authored a blogpost at the University of Bristol’s Law School blog reflecting on the frustrating state of trying to undertake EU law research in these times of Brexit and fitting it into the good old REF framework. Here’s a snippet: Brexit, its research and its
Public Procurement
I do not remember well when I first came across with the 'best practices' concept. Maybe during my Ph.D or soon after starting working at Bangor. But back then I was already puzzled by it. What are 'best practices'? How and why are they considered
Public Procurement
Last week, Albert fired the starting gun on the discussion regarding the climate change impact of academic air travel and put a marker on the sand regarding his participation on any future conferences. Long story short, he is putting himself out of contention for conference engagements that imply flying. I
Public Procurement
I’m delighted to be speaking on Friday at the launch of the Buying into the Future report by PUBLIC. I will be part of a panel on ‘How can Government do more to buy from startups and innovators?’ with Tanya Filer, Digital State Lead - Bennet Institute for Public
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My good friend Dr. Elvira Uyarra sent me this opportunity for prospective Ph.D students interested in working in public procurement at the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research: This project seeks to exploit unstructured data from patents, publications and new open sources of “big data” to investigate the influences of
Public Procurement
Spain’s current public procurement law imposes strong transparency requirements for most contracts below the financial thresholds, restricting the use of non-transparent procedures to contracts value at below €15,000 (services) or €40,000 (works) only. My take is that overall this is a positive step and one that I
Public Procurement
The GPA members and the UK have reached an agreement allowing for the country to acceed to the Agreement if and when it leaves the European Union. This agreement ensures a continuity of the international procurement legal regime for UK-based undertakings and those based on the GPA members. Back in
Public Procurement
Eurotunnel is suing the Department for Transport due to the ferry contract(s) awarded back in December without proper tendering procedures. This turn of affairs is not really surprising and a logical consequence of the poor handling of those contracts. The merits of the actual complaint, they appear obvious. In
Links
1. State aid: Commission finds no aid in €1.1 billion extension of Athens International Airport concession 2. Information Note on Incorporating Social Considerations into Public Procurement 3. Father and Son Suddenly Die in Bizarre Twist to Colombia Bribery Case 4. How to use the quality-price ratio for procurement evaluations