Procurement Directives Revision
The third entry into the series on my response to the procurement Directives revision consultation is on electronic procurement and how and why it needs to be redesigned 15. The current electronic procurement framework requires fundamental reform because it merely digitises analogue processes rather than reimagining procurement for the digital
electronic procurement
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
electronic procurement
I've uploaded to SSRN yesterday the final version of a new paper on the evolution of electronic procurement under Directive 2014/24/EU. Here's the abstract: "Traditionally, public procurement has been conducted on paper without any formal involvement of technology or electronic features. In 2004,
Public Procurement
Albert has already done a deep dive into the Commission's recent Communication on the Public Procurement Data Space, so for those of you that are yet to get acquainted with the Communication his blogpost is probably the best starting point. As for me, I will take a bird&
Public Procurement
I spent some time over the last couple of weeks preparing my electronic procurement slides for some classes at the University of Belgrade and had a chance to look into eForms. My views about the lack of ambition of the current crop of electronic procurement related rules are not new,
Public Procurement
Although the general deadline for transposition of the 2014 public procurement Directives was April 2016, Article 90 of Directive 2014/24/EU provided the Member States more time to get their act together in what concerns electronic procurement. Well, the deadline for transposition of the remaining electronic procurement obligations contained
Links
1. Eversheds publishes report on Directive 2014/24/EU transposition in 19 Member States. 2. Romania will have mandatory electronic procurement by 2018. 3. The Digital Marketplace vision: part 3. Digital and simple by default. The other posts are also excellent. 4. Procurement fraud in Buckingham Palace. 5. Public procurement
research
A couple of weeks ago I delivered a presentation on electronic procurement in Portugal at this year's Procurement Week conference in Bangor. As some of you have asked for the presentation, here it is embedded in all its glory. A downloadable PDF is available on the Presentations tab.