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:
Raw data taken from TED. Search conducted year by year with [procedure name] and ‘Contract Notice’ as search fields
Under Directive 2014/24/EU contracting authorities have a suite of procurement procedures to choose from: open and restricted that can be used without any restrictions, competitive dialogue, competitive procedure with negotiation and innovation partnership which require some pre-conditions to be met and the negotiated procedure which is exceptional in
The UK government has finally published the new National Public Procurement Statement which will come into force in conjunction with the Procurement Act 2023 later this month. I am yet to dive into it properly, but it is not a million miles from what I had expected it to be.
"The case for competitive government purchasing is that the long-term impact on the price and quality of goods and services and the price, quality, and process of public works will provide direct benefits to public authorities. But, for each individual public authority, these benefits tend to be opaque, while
Despite ambitious goals back in 2014 and years of development since, the current legal framework has failed to deliver the transformational benefits originally envisioned for electronic procurement. In fact, it has actually become a barrier to meaningful digital innovation in public procurement processes. The Commission's recent initiatives in