New public procurement blog
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!
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!
A couple of days ago I was contacted by Joren Vuylsteke, a PhD candidate at KU Leuven. He was wondering what had happened with the Portuguese train tender that garnered so much attention a couple of years ago. Regarding that one, well, nothing has happened. We still do not have
Iniciativa Liberal (ALDE): When it comes down to public procurement, the liberal party is the only one arguing for a root and branch reform of the Public Contracts Code. They correctly point out the salami slicing of accountability and guard rail features that were included in the legislation and were
Chega (ID) The far right party manifesto has a few policy proposals for public procurement, mostly the same as last year. Its main novelty here is the protection of national industry against unfair competition and using public procurement to support national companies. How? By privileging them when tendering. As far
PS (Socialists) Looking into this year\s Socialist Party manifesto was a fun exercise for someone living in the UK. It is very easy to gauge what was the inspiration for their approach of having five strategic missions. It comes straight from Labour's 2024 manifesto and the comparisons