Public Procurement
The written evidence submitted to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Procurement Bill is now available here. So far 17 submissions have been received, so let’s hope they are taken into account. Yours truly is available directly here and elaborates upon the points I made in
Public Procurement
Thanks to a comment on my previous post about the Procurement Bill and some discussions last Friday at Nottingham, I think it is worth making some further reflections on transparency as it stands in the Procurement Bill. My main criticism is that for all the lofty ambitions from the Green
Public Procurement
As mentioned last week, the Procurement Bill is back in the House of Commons and the Committee is looking for evidence submissions until February. In the meanwhile, these are some of my main reflections on the Bill as it stands at the moment. Michael Bowsher has also put some thoughts
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
In the context of the ongoing reform of public procurement rules in the UK, the government has published a policy paper on its ambitions regarding transparency. As usual, Albert was very quick off the gates and his views are expressed here. Those include some fair criticism in terms of the
Public Procurement
Last week the Cabinet Office published a press release entitled '350 rules to be ditched, creating a simpler, more flexible and transparent procurement' which is so outlandish in its claims that it warrants a proper fisking almost line by line: “” No evidence of these '350 EU laws&