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New public procurement blog

Pedro Telles

19 May 2020

Michael Bowsher, barrister and director of the King's College Diploma and Master's course 'EU Public Procurement Law in a Global Context' has just started a new blog on public procurement.

Welcome to the fold Michael!

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Simplification - sure but for whom?

I'm making my way through the Commission's recent report on public procurement and one of the things that caught my attention was the discussion on simplification. As the report rightly mentions, simplification was one of the objectives of the 2014 procurement reform. The problem is that

By Pedro Telles 23 Oct 2025

An update on the procurement angle of the funicular tragedy in Lisbon

Since I last wrote about this case a couple of weeks ago, some more information has come to light. In a press conference soon after the accident the president of Carris informed that the company had awarded a 5 month contract to its existing contractor and the company uploaded the

By Pedro Telles 18 Sep 2025

"AI is incorruptible"

The Guardian published an article yesterday claiming that Albania created an AI 'minister' that would be responsible for public procurement in the country. The logic behind this idea is to make Albania "a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption" in the words of

By Pedro Telles 12 Sep 2025

The procurement angle on the Lisbon funicular tragedy

Yesterday, the 140 year old Gloria funicular crashed into a building killing at least 16 people and injuring 21 more. The funiculars in Lisbon had operated for almost 1.5 centuries without any loss of life. Questions will be asked about the accident reasons and what was behind it. Finding

By Pedro Telles 04 Sep 2025
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