Like buses, we wait ages for new trade deals and then they all show up at once. Just a few days apart, the EU has concluded trade deals with Mercosur and Vietnam. The first was 20 years in the making and second probably some time less.
As for what matters to me, both deals include provisions on opening public procurement markets although the exact details are not known at the moment
Every year since 2022 I update my table on the use of different public procurement procedures across the EU, based on data available on TED. Here's the table for procedures initiated up to the end of 2025. Year Open Restricted I Partnership C Dialogue CP + Neg Total 2014
On my post earlier today I mentioned not being able to access the national procurement portal. As it happens, I can if I use a Mac or an iOS device...but not on my linux machines. So, the portal is up and available for most, at least. Portugal publishes a
In the fall of 2025 I got wind that the Portuguese government was going to review the Public Contracts Code in short notice. This revision was described as a thorough affair and not a simple nip and tuck. In a discussion on Linkedin I was assured the draft would be
Work for long enough in a field and you will watch the same debates happen time and time again. This time around it is the idea of local preferences in public procurement. Now, for the particular debate I cannot say having been part of it multiple times, but some of