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1. Eversheds publishes report on Directive 2014/24/EU transposition in 19 Member States. 2. Romania will have mandatory electronic procurement by 2018. 3. The Digital Marketplace vision: part 3. Digital and simple by default. The other posts are also excellent. 4. Procurement fraud in Buckingham Palace. 5. Public procurement
Public Procurement
1. When is a development agreement not a public works contract? Burges Salmon looks into R (Faraday Development Ltd) v West Berkshire Council. 2. Is Sunlight Really the Best Disinfectant? Evidence on Procurement Transparency from Europe. 3. The oldest computer in use by the federal government has been found. 4.
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1. Sunlight foundation bites the dust (or will at most merge with another NGO). 2. Plugging the hole: procurement and anti-corruption. 3. OECD puts out a consultation on the revision of its Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems. 4. Singapore forks 18F's framework for micropurchases. 5. (Lack of) Contract
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1. Sue Arrowsmith dabs into what Brexit may imply to public procurement regulation in the UK. 2. Albert short comments on Sue's whitepaper. 3. India's measures against the procurement of foreign solar cells fall foul of WTO rules. 4. Tesla wins contract to power California grid.
Public Procurement
1. Lessons from cities trying to be better buyers. 2. Some data from the European Construction Sector Observatory. 3. Clean contracting: safeguarding EU funds in Europe. 4. Public procurement — the next frontier for tax justice campaigning? I hope not. The economic operators' tax situation is covered (and well covered)
Public Procurement
1. Belgian Govt. approves procurement of software to track down terrorists. Gosh I would love to see the tender specifications for this one. Was it an output/outcomes based spec? Or did Belgium just accidentally acquired Twitter? 2. Albert kickstarts a big thinking discussion about what procurement should look like.
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1. Public Procurement and Human Rights: A Survey of Twenty Jurisdictions. Report by the International Learning Lab. Last year I interviewed Claire Methven O'Brien about the topic for the Public Procurement Podcast. 2. A Case of Private Sector versus Public Body Going Head to Head for Community Adult
Public Procurement
1. Albert comments on the recent European Court of Auditors Special Report on procurement. Report itself is here. 2. Procurement corruption, Argentina style. 3. Bad procurement, custom software edition. 4. A friendly reminder that (some) contracting authorities in the UK are expected to publish their contract information on Contracts Finder.
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1. Public Works Slowdown Following Implementation of the New Italian Public Procurement Code. 2. Public Procurement Single Market scoreboard for 2015 is out. I think Albert has criticised the scoreboard in the past, but there is a measurement I find quite interesting - procedures with a single bidder. The figures
Public Procurement
1. Mexico City starts publishing live public procurement open data (Spanish only). 2. GDS is looking for help to design "digital first" public contracts that are easy and simple to use. I am fully supportive of initiatives like this. 3. On the same vein, is now easier to
Public Procurement
1. There's an "official" English translation of the Danish public procurement law. This reminds me of a project idea I had a couple of months ago of translating into English a number of very different public procurement laws. Thanks Carina for the heads up. 2. Court
Public Procurement
1. Company Owned by Former Kotayk Governor Wins 34 Million AMD in "Non-Bid" State Contracts. Oh the joys of lack of transparency and competition. 2. Agency connected to Conservative Party donor receives £3.9m Treasury contracts. 3. Public Procurement Trade-Offs Should Be Acknowledged and Addressed, Not Ignored. Agreed