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Regulation 33 - Framework agreements In Regulation 33 we can find the rules applicable to framework agreements. This Regulation transposes Article 33 of Directive 2014/24/EU. Regulation 33 also starts the section on "Techniques and Instruments for Electronic and Aggregated Procurement". How exciting! Framework agreements have become
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Regulation 30 - Competitive Dialogue After our short Easter break (yes, it was short for academic standards...) myself and Albert are back to our running commentary on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Today we will be talking about Regulation 30 which transposes Article 30 of Directive 2014/24/EU on
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1. Amazon third party seller is sued for price fixing. And the European Commission is also looking into competition on e-commerce. 2. Court of Appeal extends privacy law in England and Wales? 3. Facebook ignores EU data protection rules and tracks everyone. Not really news I suppose... 4. Microsoft is
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Regulation 18 - Principles of procurement Regulation 18 introduces Section 2 - General Rules. And there is no better way to start talking about general rules than to mention the principles applicable to public procurement. This Regulation transposes Article 18(1) of Directive 2014/24. Strictly speaking, there is nothing
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Then you should see this week's BBC Panorama about Tesco's procurement practices. Only available in the UK unfortunately. I was aware that supermarkets made good money from "commercial deals" (ie, flogging suppliers) but was unaware of the size of the problem. It is big.