Procurement Directives Revision
The fifth entry into this series about my submission the EU consultation on the revision of the procurement Directives is on exclusions reform and how taking them out of the procurement process is an obvious win for simplification. 30. Currently, contracting authorities have to apply mandatory and optional exclusions during
Procurement Act 2023
The Procurement Act came into force a couple of days ago, and it is already being marshalled to deliver on something it probably should not. As horrible as the Greenfell Tower fire was, I don't see how the Procurement Act debarment process can be applied in the terms
Procurement Directives Revision
One of the characteristics that has always puzzled me about public procurement as a process is its hijack to achieve objectives that have nothing do with the act of buying. It simply an easy, convenient and 'free' way to enforce compliance with objectives external to the procurement process.
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