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 NHS procurement could save £220m.
5. Ciudadanos proposes a policy to help innovative SMEs in procurement (Spanish). Myself and Albert have some reservations (in English).
The Letta report on the single market (Much more than a market) released yesterday contains some ideas for public procurement, namely achieving higher integration for the public procurement market while realising strategic goals. These are explored in detail in a reasonably sized section called 'A more European and more
I mentioned a couple of times in this blog that the 2021 reform to the Portuguese Public Contracts Code implemented some questionable choices under the guise of facilitating the award of contracts to make the most of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. However, until now I had not noticed what
Next week I will be taking part at two events run by the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance at the University of Copenhagen. On Monday and Tuesday I will be at the Interdisciplinary workshop on Green Public Procurement presenting what is quickly becoming my stump speech - sorry,
While the time is not right to talk about what I will be doing with the Procurement Act 2023, I can reflect on the philosophy that seems to permeate it. As a golden opportunity to design a new procurement system from scratch the Act is a disappointment as I have