Public consultation
This sixth entry covers a topic I did not look into earlier when discussing my ideas for the procurement reform. The issue of legal services has been in my mind for a couple of decades now ever since I started working in public procurement as a lawyer and the industry&
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 Directives Revision
This fourth entry is focused on the number of public procurement procedures currently included in the procurement toolbox and how they should be reduced to three: open, competitive with negotiation and a new procedure for services 22. At the moment, a contracting authority has access to open, restricted, competitive dialogue,
Procurement Directives Revision
The third entry into the series on my response to the procurement Directives revision consultation is on electronic procurement and how and why it needs to be redesigned 15. The current electronic procurement framework requires fundamental reform because it merely digitises analogue processes rather than reimagining procurement for the digital
Procurement Directives Revision
My second entry into this series on my submission to the consultation on the revision of the procurement Directives is on thresholds and why we should abolish them: 7. The current system of financial thresholds is illogical as it puts a floor into the single market: contracts above certain values
Procurement Directives Revision
Having submitted my response to the Commission's EU public procurement consultation last week after revising the ideas I discussed previously in the blog and on Linkedin, I decided to upload it section by section here to the blog. Today's entry is on the choice of legislative