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Regulation 109 - Scope of Chapter 8 This Regulation defines the scope of Chapter 8 which applies to contracts with a value below the thresholds of Regulation 5. This chapter is particularly important as it constitutes the first time contracts below-thresholds are subject to regulations. As such, the rules contained
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Regulation 108 - Publication of information on Contracts Finder about contracts awarded This Regulation establishes the obligation for contracting authorities to publish on Contracts Finder certain information about contract awards. This obligations kicks in once the contract award notice has been sent to the EU Publications Office or a contract
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1. Smart contracts are coming to Wall Street, courtesy of the block chain. This is the first concrete example I have seen of the blockchain being used as a contract ledger. I stand by earlier comments that this technology would be great in procurement. 2. European Commission makes procurement data
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One of my former student's from Bangor pinged me on Facebook yesterday, inquiring how many candidates were needed for a innovation partnership. He pointed out that in my commentary to Regulation 31 I argued that only a single supplier is needed for the procedure to run from start
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Regulation 107 - Qualitative selection Regulation 107 creates the obligation in contracting authorities of having "regard" for any guidance on qualitative selection produced by the Minister for the Cabinet Office. It is noteworthy to point out that Regulation 107 states contracting authorities shall regard the guidance, but does
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It came to my attention by @JackOfKent on twitter yesterday that the London Criminal Courts Solicitor's Association (LCCSA) is collating information from various firms which may have put in tenders for the Legal Aid Crime Tender 2015 (put out by the Legal Aid Agency) and may be willing
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Regulation 106 - Publication of information on Contracts Finder where contract notices are used We can find in this Regulation the rules applicable to the publication of information on the national portal Contracts Finder. According to paragraph 1, after a contract notice is sent to publication to the EU Publications
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1. A new PPP interview is up, this time with Piotr Bogdanowicz from Warsaw University. As with the previous episode we discussed at length the issues surrounding cross-border interest in contracts not covered by the Directives. Previous episodes can be found here and also on iTunes. 2. The Welsh NHS
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Regulation 105 - Scope of Chapter 7 This Regulation establishes the scope of Chapter 7 (Regulations 105 - 108). These Regulations establish some assorted rules about publication of contract and award notices on Contracts Finder and how to deal with qualitative selection for contracts that are covered by Part 2
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Regulation 104 - Injunctions against the Crown This Regulation is straightforward and does not warrant much comment from a procurement point of view. It authorises the Court to grant an injunction against the Crown irrespective of section 21 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.
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Regulation 103 - Ineffectiveness etc. in relation to specific contracts based on a framework agreement This Regulation defines rules that are applicable only to contracts tendered via a framework agreement. As in other regulations, this one starts with a definition, in this case of "specific contract" - any
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Regulation 102 - Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness Regulation 102 defines the situations whereby the Court may (or has to) apply penalties to the contracting authority for the breach of its duties which lead (or could have led) to a declaration of ineffectiveness. For the administrative civil