Public Procurement
On the footsteps of yesterday’s ‘goodbye’ post I am [thrilled/deligthed/enthused/humbled/smug] to announce that I will be joining the Copenhagen Business School as Associate Professor in Procurement Law from next Monday. My connection with CBS can be traced all the way back to my Ph.D.
Public Procurement
1. Meet Pelican our new tool for assessing the quality of open contracting data 2. Taming crocodiles in Afghanistan: can open contracting give corruption fighters the upper hand? 3. ‘The changes in the Spanish Public Contracts Law are a backwards step in the fight against corruption’ (Spanish only) 4. South
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The European Commission launched yesterday a new European strategy for data, aiming to make the EU into a "leading role model for a society empowered by data." The whole strategy is worth looking into, but I will be focusing my comments in the public procurement angle. The first
Public Procurement
The European Commission published this morning its negotiating guidelines for the future EU-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Here's the bit about procurement: “ ” Although this is just the draft mandate prior to approval in the Council and that no one knows at the moment how detailed the agreement will
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The CNMC has just published the English version of its 2019 study into the state of public procurement in Spain. More specifically, it analyses how competition is working in public procurement and the economic efficiency of public procurement procedures in Spain.
Public Procurement
The National Audit Office has just published a new report into the planning of HS2. Its findings provide food for thought, namely that its cost is likely to rise from the funded £55 billion to £88 billion. But it also points the finger to the Government and HS2 Ltd for
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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
Public Procurement
The EU Commission has opened a market consultation to develop a pre-commercial procurement exercise on blockchain at EU level. The objective, it seems, is to deliver a EU-wide blockchain service infrastructure that could be used cross-border to provide public services. I find it interesting the Commission is putting this PCP
Public Procurement
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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Like clockwork every two years, the Commission has published the new financial thresholds which will be in force for 2020 and 2021. For the most part they are simply slightly revised values based on the changing of value of the euro in relation the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights, with
Public Procurement
According to the Telegraph, the Prime-Minister wants to get rid of EU public procurement rules and their (alleged) obligation of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder. A veritable “bonfire of red tape” as they like to say. I have written multiple times about the straw man argument that EU procurement
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The Reform think tank has published a report focused on public procurement and the impact poor procurement performance has in the UK. Here's the summary: Between 2016 and 2019, the British government has spent an estimated £842 billion on external suppliers of goods and services. Reform examined the