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Regulation 91 - Enforcement of duties through the Court Regulation 91 establishes the High Court as having jurisdiction to rule over alleged violations of the duties owed to economic operators from EEA states (Regulation 89) or GPA signatory parties (Regulation 90). In addition Regulations 92 to 104 are applicable to
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1. Kahneman is relevant for public procurement. I agree with Peter Smith and we are just scratching the surface in what concerns bias/heuristics in public procurement. 2. Majority of OECD countries support social objectives with public procurement but fewer measure outcomes. Every time I ask supporters of social objectives
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Regulation 90 - Duty owed to economic operators from certain other states This Regulation extends the duty created in Regulation 89 to economic operators based in other countries. This extension is provided for economic operators from countries signatory to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and other countries where a bilateral
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1. My old job at Bangor University is up for grabs. Excellent place to start an academic career in public procurement...if you are motivated and willing to work very hard. Dermot is a great boss for those first years when we're freshly out of the Ph.D
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Regulation 89 - Duty owed to economic operators from EEA states Regulation 89 defines the scope of application of Part 2 rules in what concerns de origin of economic operators. Per this Regulation, contracting authorities are obliged to comply with the provisions of Part 2 for economic operators based in
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Regulation 88 - Interpretation of Chapter 6 Regulation 88 marks the start of Chapter 6 and simply introduces a number of definitions that are applicable to the provisions (Regulations 88-104) of this Chapter. It does not warrant a detailed comment, however the definition of "economic operator" in paragraph
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1. The Crown Commercial Service wants help re-designing its digital services. My suggestion is to put all the damn procurement data available on a easily searchable database format. No, excel spreadsheets are not what I am thinking about. But that is for the ex-post, while the Digital Services Team is
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Regulation 85 - Scope of Chapter 5 Regulation 86 - Notices of decisions to award a contract or conclude a framework agreement Regulation 87 - Standstill period Chapter 5 is composed of only three regulations and as they are all interconnected we took the liberty of analysing the three together
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Regulation 84 - Reporting and documentation requirements Regulation 84 imposes a number of obligations related to reporting and documentation requirements that are to be followed by contracting authorities awarding public contracts (and framework agreements/Dynamic Purchasing Systems...) covered by Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Albert's
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Regulation 83 - Retention of contract copies Regulation 83 marks the beginning of Chapter 4, the last chapter within Part 2 where most of the substantive procurement rules can be found. Therefore, the rules contained within this Regulation apply to all contracts/procedures mentioned so far. According to Regulation 83,
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If you are based in the UK watch this BBC series about Gareth Wyn Jones, a Welsh farmer trying to understand modern food supply chains. Episodes 1 and 2 are engaging but it the third one is a killer in what comes down to food procurement. Before I start, let
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Regulation 82 - Decisions of the jury Regulation 82 defines the role the jury of a design contest needs to follow in its decision making. I find this provision very interesting for a sole fact: the anonymity of the candidates is supposed to be kept until a final decisions has