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
Public Procurement
One of the usual bugbears regarding public procurement rules is that they do not provide enough flexibility for speedy procurement in times of need. That is not exactly true at the best of times and certainly not in these days of pandemic. I cannot comment specifically on healthcare related purchases,
Public Procurement
The UK Government published last week the guidelines for its negotiations with the EU regarding a future trade deal. Absent from inclusion in the document is public procurement, which can give us an indication of what is the Government objective for the area. Using the idea of ´regulatory divergence´ by
Public Procurement
On the footsteps of yesterday’s ‘goodbye’ post I am [thrilled/deligthed/enthused/humbled/smug] to announce that I will be joining the Copenhagen Business School as Associate Professor in Procurement Law from next Monday. My connection with CBS can be traced all the way back to my Ph.D.
Legal
As mentioned a few weeks ago on twitter, I left my employment at Swansea University and checked out from British academia. At the time I tweeted that there was plenty to say about the state of British academia and why I took this decision. The decision itself is based on
Public Procurement
1. Meet Pelican our new tool for assessing the quality of open contracting data 2. Taming crocodiles in Afghanistan: can open contracting give corruption fighters the upper hand? 3. ‘The changes in the Spanish Public Contracts Law are a backwards step in the fight against corruption’ (Spanish only) 4. South
Public Procurement
The European Commission launched yesterday a new European strategy for data, aiming to make the EU into a "leading role model for a society empowered by data." The whole strategy is worth looking into, but I will be focusing my comments in the public procurement angle. The first
Public Procurement
The European Commission published this morning its negotiating guidelines for the future EU-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Here's the bit about procurement: “ ” Although this is just the draft mandate prior to approval in the Council and that no one knows at the moment how detailed the agreement will