Public Procurement
A few months ago I tweeted that we were on the cups of watching the rule of EU law disappearing before our eyes here in the UK as Brexit approaches. If we consider the CJEU's enforcement of EU law to be the ultimate deterrent for non-compliance, such effect
Public Procurement
1. Commission publishes Report on the Remedies Directives effectiveness. I suspect this is the capping stone to justify not revising the Remedies Directives which, for me is a mistake. There is a significant difference between "speedy access to review mechanisms" and "speedy final decisions". And that
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1. UK Government launches balanced scorecard for large projects. Not everyone is convinced. 2. Brexit Implications for UK Public Procurement one day workshop at the Leicester Business Festival. Not free, but organised by my good friend Richard Craven. 3. Netherlands Parliament makes open standards mandatory. 4. Spain gets jittery due
Public Procurement
This time from Lorand Bartels (Cambridge University), who argues that the UK will succeed to the EU on the Government Procurement Agreement: “ ” Although I am not entirely persuaded by the arguments (at least not yet) there is at least a reasonable case to be made for the UK to stay
Public Procurement
Prof. Sue Arrowsmith put out a whitepaper on the implications of Brexit for the UK's procurement rules. Albert has already provided a general comment on some important issues raised by the paper, such as the feasibility of a completely new procurement legal regime and what could be the
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1. Sue Arrowsmith dabs into what Brexit may imply to public procurement regulation in the UK. 2. Albert short comments on Sue's whitepaper. 3. India's measures against the procurement of foreign solar cells fall foul of WTO rules. 4. Tesla wins contract to power California grid.
Public Procurement
Some food for thought raised by Jean Heilman Grier on the impact Brexit will have on UK's participation on the GPA: The UK’s negotiations to rejoin the GPA would involve the procurement that it would cover and the conformity of its laws with the GPA. As for
Public Procurement
1. Lessons from cities trying to be better buyers. 2. Some data from the European Construction Sector Observatory. 3. Clean contracting: safeguarding EU funds in Europe. 4. Public procurement — the next frontier for tax justice campaigning? I hope not. The economic operators' tax situation is covered (and well covered)
Public Procurement
1. Belgian Govt. approves procurement of software to track down terrorists. Gosh I would love to see the tender specifications for this one. Was it an output/outcomes based spec? Or did Belgium just accidentally acquired Twitter? 2. Albert kickstarts a big thinking discussion about what procurement should look like.
Public Procurement
1. GC opens dangerous door to post-challenge / after-the-fact 'rationalisation' of public procurement evaluations (T-349/13) 2. Police searches a number of different local authorities in Spain due to corruption allegations (Spanish only). 3. Bulgaria passes law requiring open source software. Hmmm....or equivalent? Apparently what the law sets
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1. Albert dives into the discussion of what would happen to procurement rules if Brexit occurs. My own views are here. 2. Talgo wants RENFE to change the technical specifications for the supply of new high speed trains as the current one does not suit its offering (Spanish only). No,
Public Procurement
I have been thinking for some time about the potential implications in terms of public procurement regulationif the UK leaves the EU. The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that not much would change in the near future. Here are my reasons: 1. The public sector