Public Procurement
Next week I will be in Rome taking part on the 8th IMPPM Global Procurement Conference (July 6th and 7th) where on Thursday I will be sharing a session with Kirsi-Maria Halonen on competitive dialogue. These days I am more or less out of the traditional conference circuit and refrain
Public Procurement
A few weeks ago I published this table with the usage of competitive dialogue, competitive procedure with negotiation and innovation partnership from the beginning of 2014 to the end of 2021: The obvious take away message from the table is that that the war for the flexible procurement procedure of
Public Procurement
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:
Public Procurement
1. Why don't Open Government Commitments get implemented? Some good points in there and relevant for public contract disclosure. 2. Pushing for open government in Africa. Open government is not a end all solution for corruption but raising the likelihood of corruption discovery certainly helps. 3. Open Data
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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
Public Procurement
Regulation 26 - Choice of procedure Regulation 26 transposes Article 26 of Directive 2014/24/EU and brings us to a part of procurement law I am much more comfortable with: the procedures. The purpose of Regulation 26/Article 26 is to establish the situations where different procedures can be
Public Procurement
Regulation 21 - Confidentiality UPDATE: Scroll down for update Regulation 21 transposes Article 21 of Directive 2014/24/EU, establishing the obligation of contracting authorities to respect the confidentiality of any information conveyed by economic operators during tenders. This confidentiality rule is a clear exception to the principle of transparency