Public Procurement
The Government put out late last week a new Procurement Policy Note - Procuring Steel in major projects. The first two lines read as follows: “” — p.1 Any doubts about the intended objective of the Policy Note? I have nothing against reducing barriers in public procurement. But as becomes apparent
Public Procurement
I mentioned yesterday a plan by the UK Government for introducing social considerations under the guise of supporting apprenticeships through mandatory apprenticeship programmes in some larger contracts. The actual policy note is out (Action Note 14/15 27 August 2015) and applies to all contracts over £10M lasting for longer
UK
1. Wales will have its own regulatory powers in public procurement. I do not know how this will pan out since the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 cover Welsh contracting authorities for the most part. Maybe their powers will be restricted to regulate the areas that are not already regulated by
Public Procurement
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
Public Procurement
Regulation 77 - Reserved contracts for certain services Regulation 77 allows contracting authorities to reserve [certain] contracts for [certain types] of organisations. In other words, it is legally possible to foreclose the some markets to suppliers of a specific nature, referred to in the Regulation as "qualifying organisations"
Public Procurement
Regulation 70 - Conditions for performance of contracts Regulation 70 allows contracting authorities to establish specific conditions for the performance of contracts. This is a short regulation with two simple paragraphs but full of implications for public procurement. You can find Albert's entry here. Unsurprisingly, he is much
Public Procurement
Regulation 20 - Reserved Contracts Regulation 20 transposes Article 20 from Directive 2014/24/EU on reserved contracts for sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming to integrate disadvantaged or disabled workers. The transposition is fairly straightforward fashion and once more, almost word for word with a minor difference. The very
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1. Apparently I want to overthrow the current procurement framework. Well, sort of. (Will post heretic text here later today or tomorrow) 2. There is (was?) an enterprising trade in fake social security declarations/certificates in Portugal. (Portuguese only) A few thousand euros was all it took to get a