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The Commission has opened a survey on the satisfaction of users with the ESPD. The findings are to be included as part of a report that will be submitted to the European Commission Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) programme. The survey link is here and I wonder if the results
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Turns out part of the answer is connected with procurement, namely the fixation on the sticker price vs a lifecycle costing analysis: When cities decide to implement electric buses, Gorguinpour says the cities too focus too much on those upfront costs and not enough on the “life cycle cost.” That
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I found this paragraph on a recent decision by the CJEU (Case C-264/18): 24 According to the Court’s settled case-law, the purpose of coordinating, at European Union level, the procedures for the award of public contracts is to eliminate barriers to the freedom to provide services
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of taking part on my second ever procurement unconference. For those not aware of how unconferences work, these are events where the agenda is not defined in advance but only on the day by the participants who pitch sessions they would like to chair and
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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
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Well, it looks like today is transparency day in the blog as the NAO has just published a report on the spend by Central Government with consultants for Brexit related matters. Predictably it makes for grim reading and here’s a bit of the press release (the final paragraph): The
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Long time readers of the blog know where I sit in the divide of more or less data being made available about procurement processes (more, of course). Having said that, I’m not impervious to the competition law arguments regarding the impact more data has on cartel formation/stability. But
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This past semester I have been teaching a module on blockchain and the law as part of our LLM in LegalTech. It is not directly about public procurement, but preparing classes forced me to organise my thoughts about the possible uses of blockchain overall. What I think about blockchain as
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Myself and Albert co-authored a blogpost at the University of Bristol’s Law School blog reflecting on the frustrating state of trying to undertake EU law research in these times of Brexit and fitting it into the good old REF framework. Here’s a snippet: Brexit, its research and
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I do not remember well when I first came across with the 'best practices' concept. Maybe during my Ph.D or soon after starting working at Bangor. But back then I was already puzzled by it. What are 'best practices'? How and why are they considered
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Last week, Albert fired the starting gun on the discussion regarding the climate change impact of academic air travel and put a marker on the sand regarding his participation on any future conferences. Long story short, he is putting himself out of contention for conference engagements that imply flying. I
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I’m delighted to be speaking on Friday at the launch of the Buying into the Future report by PUBLIC. I will be part of a panel on ‘How can Government do more to buy from startups and innovators?’ with Tanya Filer, Digital State Lead - Bennet Institute for Public Policy