Public Procurement
I missed Theresa May's mention yesterday on its CBI speech that it wants to change procurement and get more innovation into it, probably in similar tones to what myself and Albert questioned in Spain recently. Albert has some serious concerns about the whole idea: “ ” As I have been
Public Procurement
1. Helsinki does pre-market engagement well (so it seems). This warrants a proper post about it. 2. Who gets the money from public works in Spain (Spanish only). Fantastic piece of work on the economic operators winning public works contracts in Spain and some really horror stories in there.
Public Procurement
Excellent article on The Economist: “” Great plug for Mihaly Fazekas and Spend Network on the article. Shame the piece only focus on contracts above thresholds, which as mentioned in some of the graphs only represent about 26% of all EU procurement spend. Whatever is happening beneath the surface is surely
Public Procurement
The new book of the European Procurement Law Series by the European Procurement Law Group is now out. Its on qualification, selection and exclusion in EU public procurement and edited by Martin Burgi, Martin Trybus and Steen Treumer. One of my chapters (on Portugal) is freely available on SSRN.
Public Procurement
1. The total spend through Digital Marketplace has exceeded £1.5 billion. 2. Welsh Government pays out £1.2 million to settle procurement case. 3. Brazil prepares to get rid of open source software in Government (Portuguese only). 4. 18F is Hardly a Waste of Money. 5. Podcast on CETA&
Public Procurement
1. USA open sources most of the code base it uses in its projects. 2. 18F is under flak for costing money (as if turning a profit was a usual yardstick to measure public sector services). 3. Part 5 of the Digital Marketplace vision. 4. Every 1% saved from chaotic
Public Procurement
I co-authored a blogpost with Albert published on Almacen de Derecho about a proposed policy by Ciudadanos to support innovative SMEs in Spain. Here's an excerpt: Ciudadanos, one of Spain’s recently emerged nation-wide political parties, recently submitted a non-legislative proposal to the Spanish Parliament
Public Procurement
There is a new episode of the Public Procurement Podcast up. This time the interview is S N Nyeck from Canterbury Christchurch University on public procurement governance in Africa. She is generally interested in the political economy of development and the role that public procurement plays in transforming institutions and
Public Procurement
1. The Different Faces Of Risk Aversion In The Public Sector. 2. Home care providers handing back contracts in the UK. 3. Three Scottish councils combine forces on procurement to save £24m. 4. State Comptroller Di Napoli discusses procurement reform in New York. 5. Gauteng Provincial Treasury to introduce Open
Public Procurement
The European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building via the EU funded DIGIWHIST project is looking for freelance experts in public procurement legislation. They're looking specifically for experts on Denmark, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Slovenia. More details can be found here.
Public Procurement
My dear colleagues from the Instituto de Ciencias Juridicas e Politicas from the University of Lisbon decided to set up a multiauthor blog in public procurement: contratospublicos.net. It is in Portuguese only but the content already there is excellent and with a good deal of discussion in the comments.
Legal
1. UK Government launches balanced scorecard for large projects. Not everyone is convinced. 2. Brexit Implications for UK Public Procurement one day workshop at the Leicester Business Festival. Not free, but organised by my good friend Richard Craven. 3. Netherlands Parliament makes open standards mandatory. 4. Spain gets jittery due