Public Procurement
It seems that finally the chickens are coming home to roost in what concerns the behaviours of the UK Government last year while using public procurement to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Last week the FT kicked things off with an article that contained a comment from yours truly (and
Public Procurement
1. A Clear Understanding of Outcome-Based Contracts? 2. Inquiry launched into East Coast rail franchise collapse. 3. The rise and fall of 18F. 4. Madrid city council is not a fan of transparency in public procurement (Spanish only). 5. Obscure deals and dead-ends: the dark side of Hungarian public procurement.
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
Links
1. Open Contracting Data Standard project. Just come across this the other day and I think it is a great idea, although on the long run my vote is for a blockchain type of solution. 2. Draft new public procurement law in Spain is under fire (Spanish only). The draft
Public Procurement
Transparency International put out a detailed report about the experience in Slovakia of mandatory advertising of contract award information. I am a huge fan of contract award transparency and am always on the lookout for things like this report which is full of interesting findings. Apparently Slovakian contracting authorities have