Public Procurement
1. Spanish Government kicks out 5 bus companies from public procurement for abnormally low tenders. (Spanish only) 2. Can technology solve the problem of extra costs in procurement? (Spanish only) I suspect that is not going to happen (at least fully) unless technology solves the problem of incomplete contracts...for
Public Procurement
1. Some local councils in Portugal take up to 2,000 days to pay their suppliers (Portuguese only). 2. Navarra adopts new (regional) public procurement law (Spanish only). 3. The Commission gets what the Commission measures. 4. Which buyers award contracts to Small Businesses? 5. CJEU backs automatic exclusion of
Public Procurement
1. US General Services Administration prototypes blockchain. 2. PFI is bankrupting Britain. 3. Portuguese CPB officials under fire for accepting trips paid by economic operator (Portuguese only). 4. Critics see hole in Royal Navy’s new shipbuilding strategy. 5. Abnormally low tenders raise (legal) questions in Portugal (Portuguese only).
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1. Chicago wants to modernise procurement. 2. Vigo Council migrates to Linux. 3. Public procurement: making the world a better place - one order at a time. 4. Lessons learned from attempting to fix tech procurement. 5. Cladding for Grenfell Tower was the cheaper, more flammable option.
Public Procurement
1. Public procurement is making the world a better place—one order at a time. 2. Learning Insights: Open contracting – a helping hand in Nepal. 3. The U.S. Has Forgotten How to Do Infrastructure. 4. Spain will create procurement oversight body. (Spanish only) 5. Trump's 'Buy
Public Procurement
1. A settlement under an existing public contract could result in the complete re-tendering of the contract 2. New Belgian public procurement directives implemented 3. Nationalists would implement transparent digital public procurement system in Malta. Well, it has to happen by 2018 anyway. Same party also wants to spend 25%
Public Procurement
1. European Parliament publishes report on Brexit impact in public procurement. 2. Locked in by choice: How European governments are handling their Microsoft addiction. 3. Gonna Make You A (Contract) Offer You Can’t Refuse – Grayling Persuades Mace To Back Off HS2 Challenge. 4. Government Of South Australia Shares Guidance
Public Procurement
1. Corruption in public procurement: Siemens Greek Bribery Scandal by Penelope Giosa. 2. Stadium deals, corruption and bribery: the questions at the heart of Brazil’s Olympic and World Cup ‘miracle’ 3. Contract headaches: The Long Beach Story 4. Quantifying the carbon footprint of the catering service of public schools
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1. Clean contracting at work: an example from Vilnius. 2. Slovenia ranks highest in ESIF data quality index by open.budgets.eu. 3. Police to examine possible bid-rigging in Toronto. 4. Public procurement in the CJEU's 2016 Annual Report. 5. EU wants to tackle public procurement ‘imbalance’ with
Public Procurement
1. Osborne-Clark asks for a change in how public procurement is carried out, particularly on innovation. 2. UK Government will impose 'Cyber Essentials' certificate to all its contractors handling sensitive data. "...Or equivalent" I would say until 2019. 3. Spanish authorities ask for information about economic
Public Procurement
1. Making Government business more accessible to SMEs - Two Years On. 2. Open Data and the fight against corruption in France (Report by Transparency International). 3. Is Joint Cross-Border Public Procurement Legally Feasible or Simply Commercially Tolerated? ~ A Critical Assessment of the BBG-SKI JCBPP Feasibility Study. 4. Donald Trump,
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1. Crown Commercial Service 'failed to deliver quality services'. 2. Architecture service contracts spark nepotism controversy at Spain's embassy in the US (Spanish only). 3. Can a requirement to furnish financial guarantees be considered a selection criterion based on economic and financial standing (C-76/16)? 4.