Nailing it in the head:
Suppliers are getting worse information, it is hidden in too many places and competition is falling. /content/files/vbnszsydt8.pdf pic.twitter.com/u4qLZkS2PkJune 17, 2019
Vague descriptions = More complexity = less competition = worse outcomes.
For those complexity paddlers who think their special interest can be delivered by procurement in a cost free way.
I'm making my way through the Commission's recent report on public procurement and one of the things that caught my attention was the discussion on simplification. As the report rightly mentions, simplification was one of the objectives of the 2014 procurement reform. The problem is that
Since I last wrote about this case a couple of weeks ago, some more information has come to light. In a press conference soon after the accident the president of Carris informed that the company had awarded a 5 month contract to its existing contractor and the company uploaded the
The Guardian published an article yesterday claiming that Albania created an AI 'minister' that would be responsible for public procurement in the country. The logic behind this idea is to make Albania "a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption" in the words of
Yesterday, the 140 year old Gloria funicular crashed into a building killing at least 16 people and injuring 21 more. The funiculars in Lisbon had operated for almost 1.5 centuries without any loss of life. Questions will be asked about the accident reasons and what was behind it. Finding