Public Procurement
I co-authored a blogpost with Albert published on Almacen de Derecho about a proposed policy by Ciudadanos to support innovative SMEs in Spain. Here's an excerpt: Ciudadanos, one of Spain’s recently emerged nation-wide political parties, recently submitted a non-legislative proposal to the Spanish Parliament with the aim
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There is a new episode of the Public Procurement Podcast up. This time the interview is S N Nyeck from Canterbury Christchurch University on public procurement governance in Africa. She is generally interested in the political economy of development and the role that public procurement plays in transforming institutions and
Public Procurement
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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The European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building via the EU funded DIGIWHIST project is looking for freelance experts in public procurement legislation. They're looking specifically for experts on Denmark, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Slovenia. More details can be found here.
Public Procurement
My dear colleagues from the Instituto de Ciencias Juridicas e Politicas from the University of Lisbon decided to set up a multiauthor blog in public procurement: contratospublicos.net. It is in Portuguese only but the content already there is excellent and with a good deal of discussion in the comments.
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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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The UK Government published recently a "balanced scorecard" for works, infrastructure and capital investment contracts valued above £10 million. Here's a snapshot from the press release: “ ” Albert has already put the finger where it hurts: it appears to be designed as a protectionist tool or at
Public Procurement
Episode #25 of the Public Procurement Podcast is out. This time with Ana Cristina Calderon Ramirez from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. We talked about Ana's research in the field of public procurement regulatory and monitoring entities in Latin America and the Caribbean with an emphasis on
Public Procurement
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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The UK Government has a consultation open until December 7th on the supplier standard for digital and technology service providers, here's the summary: “ ” The six guiding principles of this proposed new approach are: 1. User needs first. 2. Data is a public asset. 3. Services built on open
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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
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Very interesting paper by Ansar, Flyvberg et all: “ ” — https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1609/1609.00415.pdf A more general piece can be found in the Wall Street Journal.