Public Procurement

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Pedro Telles

Mar 17, 2017

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 by the General Court on public procurement.

5. Procurement Week 2017 is happening next week in London. I'll be there on Wednesday and Thursday.

Looking at the procurement angle of the Letta report

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

If it quacks like a duck...

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

What's next in terms of events

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,

A bird’s eye view about the Procurement Act 2023 philosophy

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

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Looking at the procurement angle of the Letta report

If it quacks like a duck...

What's next in terms of events

A bird’s eye view about the Procurement Act 2023 philosophy