Public Procurement
How to integrate ecolabels and environmental management systems in public procurement?
The Nordic Council of Ministers has put out recently a manual addressing that issue: “” The manual is available here.
Pedro Telles
Public Procurement
Links I liked [Public Procurement]
1. Making Government business more accessible to SMEs - Two Years On. 2. Open Data and the fight against corruption in France (Report by Transparency International). 3. Is Joint Cross-Border Public Procurement Legally Feasible or Simply Commercially Tolerated? ~ A Critical Assessment of the BBG-SKI JCBPP Feasibility Study. 4. Donald Trump,
Spring cleaning
Deleting the presentations page on this blog
I have taken the decision to delete my presentations archive page on this blog. The reason is very prosaic: my presentation slide decks do not really work as handouts and they are simply an aide for the delivery. They are intentionally designed as such and would not work as well
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Links I Liked [Public Procurement]
1. Crown Commercial Service 'failed to deliver quality services'. 2. Architecture service contracts spark nepotism controversy at Spain's embassy in the US (Spanish only). 3. Can a requirement to furnish financial guarantees be considered a selection criterion based on economic and financial standing (C-76/16)? 4.
Public Procurement
Simplification for whom?
One of the topics for discussion in last week's Procurement Week was simplification of public procurement and how Brexit could finally enable the simplification of the legal framework in the UK. Simplification, like flexibility, is on the eye of the beholder. The problem with simplification is that it
Public Procurement
Links I Liked [Public Procurement]
1. Some worrying signs about care services procurement in the UK. To those in the know, last week's revelations on BBC's Panorama were not exactly news. 2. The 30-second guide to government spending. All that is true can be found on Reddit. 3. Barcelona and other
Public Procurement
Some thoughts on two years of podcasting
I wrapped up the second season of the Public Procurement Podcast last week with a special episode where the guest was yours truly, interviewed by Albert-Sanchez Graells about contracts below-thresholds, centralisation of procurement and Brexit. After 32 episodes, it is time for a look back to these two years of
Public Procurement
Links I Liked [Public Procurement]
1. How's Helsinki bringing sustainability into public procurement? 2. EFTA Surveillance Authority publishes decision on public procurement. 3. Key findings from Suvi Taponen research "From Outsourcing Problems to Effective Service Management". Podcast here and good luck for the thesis defense! 4. Albert reviews some recent decisions
Public Procurement
Textbook example of the risks of preliminary market consultations
It is no secret I have a very negative view on fairly lax approach to pre-market engagement taken by Directive 2014/24/EU and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This week we have a textbook example of the risks posed by opening the floodgates of communications with potential contractors before
Public Procurement
Liam Fox's "Buy Brexit" award criterion is a political, not cultural fit
After my post yesterday about the Department of International Trade "Buy Brexit" award criteria and some discussions on twitter I have come to the conclusion that the award criterion is one of political instead of cultural fit. While the section is called "cultural fit", its content
Public Procurement
The unravelling of EU law compliance on the run up to Brexit [Public Procurement Edition]
A few months ago I tweeted that we were on the cups of watching the rule of EU law disappearing before our eyes here in the UK as Brexit approaches. If we consider the CJEU's enforcement of EU law to be the ultimate deterrent for non-compliance, such effect
Public Procurement
Links I Liked [Public Procurement]
1. Commission publishes report on Remedies Directive 2. How can open data portals become sustainable? 3. UK Government publishes Open contracting data guidance 4. How do EU Member States provide procurement remedies access to foreign bidders (ie, extra EU/EEA bidders)? Turns out it depends. 5. UK Government Communications framework