Public Procurement
1. Albert comments on the recent European Court of Auditors Special Report on procurement. Report itself is here. 2. Procurement corruption, Argentina style. 3. Bad procurement, custom software edition. 4. A friendly reminder that (some) contracting authorities in the UK are expected to publish their contract information on Contracts Finder.
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1. European Commission publishes final version of its much awaited Notice on the notion of State aid as referred to in Article 107(1) TFEU. Albert's comments are here. 2. UK Government consults on changes to how councils publish procurement data. Consultation is available here. 3. Doubts over
Public Procurement
It was only a question of time, but I am glad that in the USA venture capital is finally paying attention to the opportunity of serving the Government market. There is a recent fund investing specifically in startups interested in serving the Government called GovTechFund. I for one, welcome this
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1. What public procurement documents need to be published upfront? Myself and Albert have dabbed on this in the past, but the problem should have been solved directly in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. But hey, as usual "it's the Directive's fault for not being