Public Procurement
A consortium of 20+ industrial, technology and engineering companies has also secured an order from the UK Government for over 10,000 ventilators. Differently from Dyson, Ventilator Challenge UK is basing its improved design on current models that have already been certified by the regulator, so it is anticipated that
Public Procurement
The BBC published a newspiece yesterday stating that Dyson had been commissioned by the Government to produce 10,000 ventilators based on a new design that is yet to pass any medical tests. This comes a mere 10 days after the Government called for help from the private sector in
COVID-19
The Office of Government Procurement in Ireland (hat tip to Ross!) has published an instruction note on how to directly award contracts in situations of extreme urgency, absence of competition/protection of exclusive rights, using the standard procedure with accelerated timescales, light touch regime or extending/modifying a contract during
Public Procurement
Portugal amended yesterday part of the exceptional legislation approved to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Decree-Law 10-E/2020 from 24/03/2020 is a short piece of legislation and in what concerns public procurement simply extends the legal regime introduced by Decree-Law 10-A to all contracting authorities covered by Article
Public Procurement
Despite the UK being party to the EU Joint Procurement Agreement on medical countermeasures, it seems that it had sat out the recent round of procedures launched earlier in the month to deal with the shortage of medical equipment arising from the COVID-19 crisis. Despite calls to join in, it
Public Procurement
Marta Andhov and Roberto Caranta edited a just published report entitled Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward - Reform Proposals. The name says it all since it covers some ideas of how to improve sustainability in public procurement in the near future. This report is part of the SMART
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1. Lithuania to buy, lease 35,000 computers as schools prepare for remote learning. 2. Danish disinfection robots save lives in fight against coronavirus 3. World Bank launches database on country procurement systems and country eProcurement implementations
Public Procurement
My good friend Chris Yukins from George Washington University is running an online colloquium on the challenges raised by COVID-19 in public procurement for this coming Wednesday at the following times: * Pacific US – 9:00 * Mountain US – 10:00 * Central US – 11:00 * Eastern US – 12 noon * United Kingdom/Ireland
Public Procurement
The Cabinet Office has just published a new Public Procurement Note (PPN 02/20) setting up guidance and advice on contract payment to contracting authorities in the UK public sector except for the devoled administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are recommended to: * Review their contract portfolio and
Public Procurement
A few days ago I wrote a post about Portugal's knee-jerk reaction to the COVID-19 crisis and the changes introduced to the Public Contracts Code by the new Decree-Law 10-A/2020. It is fair to say I was far from impressed. And the more I think about the
Public Procurement
The UK Government published today a procurement policy note setting out information and guidance on how public procurement should adapt to the challenges posed by COVID-19. This note recognises the need to be aware of the scope that already exists within the rules for exceptional measures and, crucially, for contracting
Public Procurement
Late last week Portugal established an exceptional legal framework to deal with the impact arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Decree-Law 10-A/2020 was published in March 13th but its effects are backdated to the date of approval (March 12th) or even earlier for some parts of it. There is