UK
Out of the manifestos analysed, the Green Party one is by far the shortest. It is unsurprising then that there is not much to be found about procurement in it. The only proposal it contains is that they will campaign to bring the Prompt Payment Code into law and debar
UK
As with the other manifestos, the LibDem one includes some policy proposals but in general these are bereft of any level of detail. “Expanding the market for climate-friendly products and services with steadily higher criteria in public procurement policy.” Their first proposal comes with a healthy dollop of hand waving
Procurement Act 2023
While the time is not right to talk about what I will be doing with the Procurement Act 2023, I can reflect on the philosophy that seems to permeate it. As a golden opportunity to design a new procurement system from scratch the Act is a disappointment as I have
Public Procurement
After a long gestation period the UK Procurement Bill has finally reached the end of its legislative process. The Bill has now received Royal Assent, the final hurdle to become law, in this case the Procurement Act. It did so in the proverbial nick of time bearing in mind that
Public Procurement
Labour announced at its conference last week it was considering creating a watchdog to deal with the allegations of corruption connected with Covid support schemes and contracts. In addition it seems Labour also wants to reform the debarment and exclusion grounds for participation in public procurement. Whereas I am not
Public Procurement
The new UK Procurement Bill is now back in the House of Commons after passing through the House of Lords. The current version of the bill as brought from the the House of Lords is here available here. Before the legislative train reaches its end, there is still time to
Public Procurement
The last couple of weeks have been consumed with news about Baroness Mone and her role in securing PPE contracts for MedPro (here, here, here, here, here). Most of the discussion has (rightly) been about the ultimate beneficiary of MedPro and associated tax implications. For me the interest on MedPro&
Public Procurement
I am yet to really get my teeth into the Procurement Bill laid before Parliament a couple of weeks ago, but have had a chance to look into exclusions and just those few articles warrant a blogpost by themselves. It is fair to say I am not a fan of
Public Procurement
In 'honour’ of the Procurement Bill being laid before Parliament in the UK, me and Albert are finally making available on SSRN the paper we authored for the European Law Review back in 2019 about the UK’ transition from an EU-based procurement legal system to one of its own.
Public Procurement
A couple of days ago I made reference to the Department for Health and Social Care annual report and its information about the losses on PPE. As it turns out the report contained more information related to public procurement warranting a comment. Once again buried deep in the report, the
Public Procurement
I have spent the last 8 years or so arguing that 'community benefits' are nothing but a covert operation for what is protectionism of a more local nature and a gateway drug for ever more protectionism in a grander scale. What some contracting authorities (and countries as well,
Public Procurement
No sooner would I get my head around how one should go about and implement mandatory green public procurement (well in the EU at least) and the UK government ends up publishing a a new public procurement policy note on carbon reduction. This new guidance will mandate economic operators bidding