EU Commission
1. European Commission publishes country specific recommendations (with comments on procurement for at least a few Member States). 2. Lisbon wants to create positive discriminations in public procurement for undertakings not employing people on short term contracts (Portuguese only). Illegal in my view. 3. Spain will end non-transparent award procedures
Public Procurement
1. Labour's electoral manifesto commits to keep the UK in the Government Procurement Agreement. Well, to accede to the GPA in my view. 2. Plaid Cymru's manifesto calls for more local procurement. Well, if the GPA is part of the discussion, then there is no real
Public Procurement
1. European Parliament publishes report on Brexit impact in public procurement. 2. Locked in by choice: How European governments are handling their Microsoft addiction. 3. Gonna Make You A (Contract) Offer You Can’t Refuse – Grayling Persuades Mace To Back Off HS2 Challenge. 4. Government Of South Australia Shares Guidance
Public Procurement
1. Corruption in public procurement: Siemens Greek Bribery Scandal by Penelope Giosa. 2. Stadium deals, corruption and bribery: the questions at the heart of Brazil’s Olympic and World Cup ‘miracle’ 3. Contract headaches: The Long Beach Story 4. Quantifying the carbon footprint of the catering service of public schools
Public Procurement
1. Osborne-Clark asks for a change in how public procurement is carried out, particularly on innovation. 2. UK Government will impose 'Cyber Essentials' certificate to all its contractors handling sensitive data. "...Or equivalent" I would say until 2019. 3. Spanish authorities ask for information about economic
Public Procurement
1. Spanish region of Castilla-Leon used social clauses in 76% of its contracts in 2016 (Spanish only). No indication of what exact type of clauses were used, their cost or how they were monitored but in addition to social clauses proper the region has reserved contracts. 2. Lawsuit seeks to
Links
1. Cristina Kirchner accused of corruption in Argentina. 2. Large Spanish construction companies rail against price heavy and price only projects (Spanish only). 3. Putting innovation at the heart of public procurement. A recipe for complexity. 4. Corruption charges in Portugal grow significantly between 2014 and 2016 (Portuguese only). Finger
Public Procurement
1. Helsinki does pre-market engagement well (so it seems). This warrants a proper post about it. 2. Who gets the money from public works in Spain (Spanish only). Fantastic piece of work on the economic operators winning public works contracts in Spain and some really horror stories in there. 3.
Public Procurement
1. USA open sources most of the code base it uses in its projects. 2. 18F is under flak for costing money (as if turning a profit was a usual yardstick to measure public sector services). 3. Part 5 of the Digital Marketplace vision. 4. Every 1% saved from chaotic
Legal
1. UK Government launches balanced scorecard for large projects. Not everyone is convinced. 2. Brexit Implications for UK Public Procurement one day workshop at the Leicester Business Festival. Not free, but organised by my good friend Richard Craven. 3. Netherlands Parliament makes open standards mandatory. 4. Spain gets jittery due
Links
1. Sunlight foundation bites the dust (or will at most merge with another NGO). 2. Plugging the hole: procurement and anti-corruption. 3. OECD puts out a consultation on the revision of its Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems. 4. Singapore forks 18F's framework for micropurchases. 5. (Lack of) Contract
Public Procurement
Prof. Sue Arrowsmith put out a whitepaper on the implications of Brexit for the UK's procurement rules. Albert has already provided a general comment on some important issues raised by the paper, such as the feasibility of a completely new procurement legal regime and what could be the