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During the 3rd European Conference last week I tweeted this: Crazy idea: What if we had a blockchain type of technology to keep track of procurement contracts?May 19, 2015 The more I think about this idea, the more I see merit in its farfetched possibilities. First, a technology primer.
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1. The only real PPP in Portugal is dead (Portuguese only). By real I mean a deal where the risk stayed with the private contractor instead of the public sector. Teixeira Duarte (private contractor) allegedly lost €42M in the deal, a significant sum in a small country like Portugal. 2.
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Regulation 59 - European Single Procurement Document Regulation 59 brings us one of the big changes introduced by Directive 2014/24/EU and the new Regulations: the possibility of using a self-declaration by economic operators instead of having all participants providing all the documentation at the selection stage. The European
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Regulation 58 - Selection criteria Regulation 58 defines the rules under which contracting authorities may proceed to select economic operators during a public procurement procedure. Under this Regulation, contracting authorities may undertake the selection of economic operators according to their suitability to pursue a professional activity, economic and financial standing
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Regulation 57 - Exclusion grounds Regulation 57 brings us the rules governing the exclusion of candidates from a public procurement procedure, transposing Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This Regulation is divided into six parts: general rules leading to mandatory exclusion; mandatory and
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Regulation 56 - General principles in awarding contracts etc What can we find on Regulation 56? Regulation 56 establishes the general principles to be followed when awarding contracts, transposing Article 56 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. I find it particularly interesting the epigraph includes
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Regulation 55 - Informing candidates and tenderers Regulation 55 defines the timings and kind of information tenderers are entitled to receive at the end of their participation in a procurement procedure, particularly in case they were unsuccessful. The obligations for the contracting authority cover both the decision to conclude or
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Regulation 54 - Invitation to candidates We can find in Regulation 54 the rules related with the invitation to candidates under the restricted procedure, competitive dialogue, competitive procedure with negotiation and innovation partnership. These invitations are done in general after the selection stage is undertaken, for the economic operators the
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Regulation 53 - Electronic availability of procurement documents Regulation 53 establishes specific rules that need to be followed regarding the availability of procurement documents. As per this Regulation, the general rule is that procurement documents have to be made available electronically free of charge since the date of publication in
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Regulation 52 - Publication at national level Regulation 52 defines the rules that are to be followed by contracting authorities wishing to advertise notices (contract and PINs) at the national level. The main objective of this article is to ensure that while contracting authorities can publish these notices, they cannot
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Regulation 51 - Form and manner of sending notices for publication at EU level We can find on Regulation 51 how the various notices we covered over the last few days (and a few others) are to be sent for publication at EU level. This communication is mandatory for contract
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Regulation 50 - Contract Award Notices Regulation 50 establishes the obligation of contracting authorities to make public certain information related to the award of the contract. This rule is not new and has been around for ages but let's be honest: compliance across Europe has been lacklustre and