Public Procurement
Labour announced at its conference last week it was considering creating a watchdog to deal with the allegations of corruption connected with Covid support schemes and contracts. In addition it seems Labour also wants to reform the debarment and exclusion grounds for participation in public procurement. Whereas I am not
Public Procurement
I am yet to really get my teeth into the Procurement Bill laid before Parliament a couple of weeks ago, but have had a chance to look into exclusions and just those few articles warrant a blogpost by themselves. It is fair to say I am not a fan of
Public Procurement
Still in the context of the purported simplification objective set forth in the Green Paper onprocurement reform, I think it is important to look at what the Government is proposing in relation to exclusions. Exclusions grounds in public procurement are nothing more than a compliance mechanism for the pursuance of
Public Procurement
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the qualification, selection, and exclusion of economic operators rules under Portuguese public procurement law (approved by Decree-Law no 18/2008, hereinafter “Public Contracts Code 2008”). As Directive 2014/24/EU is yet to be transposed into national law, the chapter will focus on
Public Procurement
Regulation 57 - Exclusion grounds Regulation 57 brings us the rules governing the exclusion of candidates from a public procurement procedure, transposing Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This Regulation is divided into six parts: general rules leading to mandatory exclusion; mandatory and