Public Procurement
I have been giving a look (finally!) to the Government's Green Paper on public procurement reform and am struck by the confusion between flexibility and simplification. The GP contends that simplification is needed and then proceeds to introduce more flexibility. It is evident to me that the proponents
Public Procurement
The UK Government published yesterday a green paper on public procurement reform with proposals for a new legal framework post-Brexit. I am yet to have the time to look at it properly, but Albert has already done so. There is now an open consultation period until early March and this
Public Procurement
The National Audit Office has just published yet another report connected with COVID-19 public procurement, this time about the test and trace in England. Once more the report makes for some grim reading, even though this is simply an interim report and one not focusing on a value-for-money assessment. In
Higher Education
My good friend Kirsi-Maria Halonen from the University of Lapland asked me to circulate the information that she is looking for a Post-doctoral researcher – EU Internal Market Law and Security of Supply. This is a 24 month role part of the LEXSECURE project. More information is available here and anyone
Public Procurement
The Council of the European Union published about a week ago some conclusions on public procurement and how it can be used to help a sustainable recovery and the rebooting of a resilient EU economy. As with any document of the kind it is more of a (confusing and contradictory)
Public Procurement
As promised yesterday, here's the second part of the fisking of the UK Government response to the NAO report on public procurement, focused on the "claims" section of its response: “ ” This is, frankly, pure obfuscation by means of mixing up completely different things together in the
Public Procurement
Last week I mentioned here the National Audit Office Report on COVID procurement which painted the UK Government procurement practice in a terrible light. Predictably, the Government responded with a note published on the Cabinet Office website. Said note, unfortunately, constitutes a prime example of a non-response response, that is
Public Procurement
The National Audit Office has just published this morning its report about the COVID related procurement practice in the UK up to the end of July. Despite the cautious and factual language, the truth is that as the title to this entry indicates, it makes for a very grim reading.
Public Procurement
I had the chance to speak virtually in two events this week, the first organised by Albert Sanchez-Graells from Bristol and Neli Garbuzanova about Healthcare procurement and commissioning during COVID-19. My short presentation is available here. I really like the narrow and tight focus of this event: 5 speakers, 90
Public Procurement
The Open Contracting Partnership and Spend Network have just published a report on the global expenditure in public procurement. The headline figure is that only 3% of the yearly USD13 trillion is published openly, that is information about the actual contract after the tender has concluded. Somehow, I cannot say
Public Procurement
The most recent book on the European Procurement Law Series has been published with Edward Elgar and covers PPPs and concessions. Here's the blurb: In view of the fact that public infrastructure, health and other services are being more consistently delivered through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and concessions; this
Public Procurement
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has just published a Review into the risks of fraud and corruption local government procurement in England and Wales. And, frankly, the findings are not great. Here's a particular tidbit about a bugbear of mine: "Efforts to combat fraud