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1. Lithuania to buy, lease 35,000 computers as schools prepare for remote learning. 2. Danish disinfection robots save lives in fight against coronavirus 3. World Bank launches database on country procurement systems and country eProcurement implementations
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1. How can we get data scientists excited about public procurement, and everyone excited about data? 2. Public procurement challenges require strict and swift approach 3. CCS to launch £50m digital inclusion framework to boost access to government services 4. New handout about Contracts Finder 5. Brazil levels playing field
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1. Thousands of contracts in Spain are awarded illegaly due ot fractioning (Spanish) 2. Post-Brexit public procurement rules face a shake-up (gated) 3. EU-Vietnam free trade deal gets green light in EU Parliament trade committee 4. The EU is funding dystopian AI projects 5. Ferries are a ‘long way off
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Myself and Albert Sanchez-Graells had a nice chat yesterday about the public procurement policy proposals in the LibDems, Labour and Conservative manifestos. We talked about buy british, outsourcing, NHS, sustainable procurement and data. This General Election 2019 Special podcast is available here in the usual home of the Public Procurement
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1. Spanish public procurement oversight body still without means to do its work [Spanish] 2. Trade facts the UK Government has to face 3. Bid rigging conspiracy in railroad electrification works: a very Spanish ‘sainete’ 4. Government urged to ‘buy British’ steel by producers Turkish bidder for British Steel was
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1. Plastic: Universities and Councils in Wales cut back on plastic cups and Wrap Cymru will put out single-use plastics procurement guidance. 2. Four rocket companies compete for US Air Force funding 3. European Commission issues guidance on the participation of third country bidders in the EU procurement market 4.
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1. State aid: Commission finds no aid in €1.1 billion extension of Athens International Airport concession 2. Information Note on Incorporating Social Considerations into Public Procurement 3. Father and Son Suddenly Die in Bizarre Twist to Colombia Bribery Case 4. How to use the quality-price ratio for procurement evaluations
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1. Vietnam to open public procurement market for foreign investors. 2. China in the Balkans: Motivations behind growing influence. 3. Italy’s National Anti-Corruption Authority is the first winner of the European Commission’s Digital Transformation award. Brownie points for them using Tor to protect whistleblowers. 4. Engaging with the
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1. UK East Coast rail franchise expected to be scrapped 'in days'. For the third time in 10 years one should add... 2. Carillion used its suppliers to "prop up falling business model". 120 payment days are not really new or unexpected in the field of
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1. Colombia could use some more competition in public procurement (Spanish only). Funny how Colombia understands that having one or only two bidders on each tender is a competition risk, whereas Portugal doesn't. 2. UK Government provides £20 million for govtech challenges. As I said before, probably a
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1. *That* audit report about public procurement Wales is getting some traction. 2. Royal Navy 'cannibalisation' on the rise. 3. Crown Commercial Service and Government Digital Service team up to simplify public sector contracts. (Great news!) 4. Some news about how low value contracts are dealt with under
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1. Canada among 10 WTO members airing concerns about Trump 'Buy American' order 2. GSA's Blockchain Blockbuster 3. How good are the opportunities published on the Digital Marketplace? A great "hot or not" take on contract postings. 4. World Bank publishes framework for disclosure