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Regulation 49 - Contract Notices Regulation 49 transposes Article 49 of Directive 2014/24/EU. Article 49 states that contract notices shall be used as means to call for competition with exception of the negotiated procedure or the use of the PIN notice. However, contrary to most cases so far,
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Regulation 48 - Prior Information Notices In Regulation 48 we can find the information related with the use of prior information (PIN) notices by contracting authorities. PIN notices allow contracting authorities to inform the market in advance of what it intends to buy in the future. They can have three
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Regulation 47 - Setting time limits Regulation 47 defines the rules on how time limits in public procurement may have to be extended from the minimum set in articles 27 to 31. As with Regulation 46 and lots, I believe that in general the obligation is to take into account
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Regulation 46 - Division of contracts into lots One of the biggest changes introduced by Directive 2014/24/EU is the new preference for division into lots. The (flawed) logic behind idea is to make procurement easier, more accessible for smaller suppliers by dividing contracts into smaller chunks. This logic
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Regulation 45 - Variants According to Regulation 45, contracting authorities may accept (or even require) economic operators to submit variant proposals. The possibility of using variants is not new and has been around in public procurement for a long time but has never been very popular or widespread. Regulation 45
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Regulation 44 - Test reports, certificates and other means of proof Regulation 44 defines what means of proof contracting authorities can require economic operators to provide as means to ensure their compliance with the technical specifications, award criteria or contract performance conditions. The general rule is that contracting authorities may
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1. The Small Business Act may have an impact in public procurement here in the UK? Crown Commercial Services says it is not a land grab. 2. Portugal saves up to €2,000,000,000 re-negotiating PPP/PFI contracts. Over the last 20 years the country was blanketed (bankrupted) with
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Regulation 43 - Labels Regulation 43 defines a number of rules regarding the use of labels in public procurement, transposing Article 43 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Labels - at least with this level of detail - are a new addition to the European
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Regulation 42 - Technical Specifications Regulation 42 establishes the rules on how contracting are to (or may) define the technical specifications for a public procurement procedure. In essence, it transposes Article 42 of Directive 2014/24/EU and codifies some technical specifications case law from the last few years, particularly
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Regulation 41 - Prior involvement of candidates or tenderers Can a prospective tenderer be involved in drafting the tender documents before a procedure is launched? According to Regulation 41, yes it can. The main rule of Regulation 41 allows for such participation, but digging deeper into the Regulation allows us
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Regulation 40 - Preliminary market consultations Regulation 40 transposes Article 40 of Directive 2004/14/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, expressly allowing contracting authorities to conduct market consultations with suppliers prior to the start of a new procedure. The Regulation is quite short with only three paragraphs setting
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I bought a few procurement related books recently, here's what's on my pile by order of arrival: 1. Abby Semple, A Practical Guide to Public Procurement, Oxford 2015 A fresh and modern take on public procurement from a practical perspective. I say this not as a