Public Procurement
1. Meet Pelican our new tool for assessing the quality of open contracting data 2. Taming crocodiles in Afghanistan: can open contracting give corruption fighters the upper hand? 3. ‘The changes in the Spanish Public Contracts Law are a backwards step in the fight against corruption’ (Spanish only) 4. South
Public Procurement
1. ECJ rules on when a company owned by a contracting authority is governed by procurement rules (LitSpecMet UAB v Vilniaus lokomotyvu remonto debas UAB (C-567/15)). Albert's view is here. 2. Arriva pulls out from Welsh rail tender. As a former frequent user of Arriva train services
Public Procurement
The Wales Audit Office published its report on public procurement in Wales and on balance its findings are scathing. Here's a snippet. In 2015-16, public bodies in Wales spent around £6 billion through procurement on a range of goods, services and works. We have concluded that national governance
Public Procurement
1. Commission publishes Report on the Remedies Directives effectiveness. I suspect this is the capping stone to justify not revising the Remedies Directives which, for me is a mistake. There is a significant difference between "speedy access to review mechanisms" and "speedy final decisions". And that
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
Links
1. A new PPP interview is up, this time with Piotr Bogdanowicz from Warsaw University. As with the previous episode we discussed at length the issues surrounding cross-border interest in contracts not covered by the Directives. Previous episodes can be found here and also on iTunes. 2. The Welsh NHS