Public Procurement
I managed to finish my response to the Green Paper consultation on the public procurement reform proposed by the UK Government. It clocks in at 10,000 words and makes for a boring read as I followed the chapter/question structure adopted by the Green Paper. The file is available
Legal
For my Public Regulations course at CBS, I had the chance to interview Rob Baugh from Keepabl about data protection and GDPR. He was kind enough to ask for the video and upload it to his YouTube channel Privacy Kitchen. Here’s the interview in all its glory:
Public Procurement
Now that we have a (redacted) copy of the contract to look at, it is possible to share some thoughts about it, with the proviso the applicable law to it is the Belgian law and the same goes for the jurisdiction. Now, I did not qualify in Belgium but at
Public Procurement
I have been considering writing or not about the current situation with the COVID-19 vaccines in the EU. First, the AstraZeneca row with the Commission and Member States and second, the difficulties in scaling up production. As for the first, now is not the moment to discuss the topic and
Public Procurement
Albert Sanchez-Graells has published his response to the public consultation on the UK Government’s Green Paper on procurement reform. As usual, this is an excellent piece of work clocking in over 15,000 words. Overall, our views coincide in almost every point perhaps with the exception on transparency -
Public Procurement
The final entry on this series about the Green Paper on public procurement reform is on focused on the disappointing lack of ideas around automation. For a once in a lifetime "root and branch" operation on public procurement rules, I would have expected to see an effort in
Public Procurement
One of the changes the Government wants to introduce with the procurement reform is the concept of a "national procurement policy" to be followed by contracting authorities when carrying out procurement. That is to say, contracting authorities would no longer only follow their own objectives in public procurement
Public Procurement
Still in the context of the purported simplification objective set forth in the Green Paper onprocurement reform, I think it is important to look at what the Government is proposing in relation to exclusions. Exclusions grounds in public procurement are nothing more than a compliance mechanism for the pursuance of
Public Procurement
I have been giving a look (finally!) to the Government's Green Paper on public procurement reform and am struck by the confusion between flexibility and simplification. The GP contends that simplification is needed and then proceeds to introduce more flexibility. It is evident to me that the proponents
Public Procurement
The UK Government published yesterday a green paper on public procurement reform with proposals for a new legal framework post-Brexit. I am yet to have the time to look at it properly, but Albert has already done so. There is now an open consultation period until early March and this
Public Procurement
The National Audit Office has just published yet another report connected with COVID-19 public procurement, this time about the test and trace in England. Once more the report makes for some grim reading, even though this is simply an interim report and one not focusing on a value-for-money assessment. In
Higher Education
My good friend Kirsi-Maria Halonen from the University of Lapland asked me to circulate the information that she is looking for a Post-doctoral researcher – EU Internal Market Law and Security of Supply. This is a 24 month role part of the LEXSECURE project. More information is available here and anyone