Public Procurement
1. Commission publishes report on Remedies Directive 2. How can open data portals become sustainable? 3. UK Government publishes Open contracting data guidance 4. How do EU Member States provide procurement remedies access to foreign bidders (ie, extra EU/EEA bidders)? Turns out it depends. 5. UK Government Communications framework
Public Procurement
Episode #31 of the best (and only?) podcast about public procurement is up. This time the interviewee is Francesco Decarolis from the Einaudi Centre for Economics and Finance and we spent some quality time talking about reputation and corruption in public procurement, including how a contracting authority nudged contractors to
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1. Big tech's grip loosens on UK.gov IT spend. 2. World Bank puts out it "Benchmarking Public Procurement 2017" report. Albert has the lowdown of it. 3. The best way to build big is to start small. Agreed, way too many initiatives in public sector
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1. Spanish region of Castilla-Leon used social clauses in 76% of its contracts in 2016 (Spanish only). No indication of what exact type of clauses were used, their cost or how they were monitored but in addition to social clauses proper the region has reserved contracts. 2. Lawsuit seeks to
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1. Cristina Kirchner accused of corruption in Argentina. 2. Large Spanish construction companies rail against price heavy and price only projects (Spanish only). 3. Putting innovation at the heart of public procurement. A recipe for complexity. 4. Corruption charges in Portugal grow significantly between 2014 and 2016 (Portuguese only). Finger
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1. Government of Western Australia shows Minimum Viable Product version of its new online procurement portal. Great to see a Government taking up on cheaper, more agile ways of developing services instead of building the whole widget without external feedback. Well done. 2. Is raising the micro-purchase threshold from $3,
Public Procurement
1. Helsinki does pre-market engagement well (so it seems). This warrants a proper post about it. 2. Who gets the money from public works in Spain (Spanish only). Fantastic piece of work on the economic operators winning public works contracts in Spain and some really horror stories in there. 3.
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1. The total spend through Digital Marketplace has exceeded £1.5 billion. 2. Welsh Government pays out £1.2 million to settle procurement case. 3. Brazil prepares to get rid of open source software in Government (Portuguese only). 4. 18F is Hardly a Waste of Money. 5. Podcast on CETA&
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1. The Different Faces Of Risk Aversion In The Public Sector. 2. Home care providers handing back contracts in the UK. 3. Three Scottish councils combine forces on procurement to save £24m. 4. State Comptroller Di Napoli discusses procurement reform in New York. 5. Gauteng Provincial Treasury to introduce Open
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1. UK Government launches balanced scorecard for large projects. Not everyone is convinced. 2. Brexit Implications for UK Public Procurement one day workshop at the Leicester Business Festival. Not free, but organised by my good friend Richard Craven. 3. Netherlands Parliament makes open standards mandatory. 4. Spain gets jittery due
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1. Development Gateway and the Open Contracting Partnership are launching a series of public procurement assessments in five West African countries. 2. Competition and Markets Authority targets bid-riggers. 3. The Digital Marketplace vision: part 4. 4. One size fits all? A critique of standardisation in public procurement. 5. Albert criticises
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1. UK Government publishes guidance on how to use social and environmental criteria in public procurement. 2. Foreign Office allegedly instructs LSE to remove foreign experts from a public contract to provide advice (story developing). 3. LCTA and Assessing "Value" in Procurement - Tricky but key. 4. Red