Legal
The UK Government published recently a "balanced scorecard" for works, infrastructure and capital investment contracts valued above £10 million. Here's a snapshot from the press release: “ ” Albert has already put the finger where it hurts: it appears to be designed as a protectionist tool or at
Public Procurement
Episode #25 of the Public Procurement Podcast is out. This time with Ana Cristina Calderon Ramirez from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance. We talked about Ana's research in the field of public procurement regulatory and monitoring entities in Latin America and the Caribbean with an emphasis on
Public Procurement
1. Development Gateway and the Open Contracting Partnership are launching a series of public procurement assessments in five West African countries. 2. Competition and Markets Authority targets bid-riggers. 3. The Digital Marketplace vision: part 4. 4. One size fits all? A critique of standardisation in public procurement. 5. Albert
Public Procurement
The UK Government has a consultation open until December 7th on the supplier standard for digital and technology service providers, here's the summary: “ ” The six guiding principles of this proposed new approach are: 1. User needs first. 2. Data is a public asset. 3. Services built on open
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1. UK Government publishes guidance on how to use social and environmental criteria in public procurement. 2. Foreign Office allegedly instructs LSE to remove foreign experts from a public contract to provide advice (story developing). 3. LCTA and Assessing "Value" in Procurement - Tricky but key. 4. Red Flags:
Public Procurement
Very interesting paper by Ansar, Flyvberg et all: “ ” — https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1609/1609.00415.pdf A more general piece can be found in the Wall Street Journal.
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1. Eversheds publishes report on Directive 2014/24/EU transposition in 19 Member States. 2. Romania will have mandatory electronic procurement by 2018. 3. The Digital Marketplace vision: part 3. Digital and simple by default. The other posts are also excellent. 4. Procurement fraud in Buckingham Palace. 5. Public procurement
Public Procurement
1. When is a development agreement not a public works contract? Burges Salmon looks into R (Faraday Development Ltd) v West Berkshire Council. 2. Is Sunlight Really the Best Disinfectant? Evidence on Procurement Transparency from Europe. 3. The oldest computer in use by the federal government has been found. 4.
Public Procurement
This time from Lorand Bartels (Cambridge University), who argues that the UK will succeed to the EU on the Government Procurement Agreement: “ ” Although I am not entirely persuaded by the arguments (at least not yet) there is at least a reasonable case to be made for the UK to stay
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1. Sunlight foundation bites the dust (or will at most merge with another NGO). 2. Plugging the hole: procurement and anti-corruption. 3. OECD puts out a consultation on the revision of its Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems. 4. Singapore forks 18F's framework for micropurchases. 5. (Lack of)
Public Procurement
Prof. Sue Arrowsmith put out a whitepaper on the implications of Brexit for the UK's procurement rules. Albert has already provided a general comment on some important issues raised by the paper, such as the feasibility of a completely new procurement legal regime and what could be the
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1. Sue Arrowsmith dabs into what Brexit may imply to public procurement regulation in the UK. 2. Albert short comments on Sue's whitepaper. 3. India's measures against the procurement of foreign solar cells fall foul of WTO rules. 4. Tesla wins contract to power California grid.