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1. Big tech's grip loosens on UK.gov IT spend. 2. World Bank puts out it "Benchmarking Public Procurement 2017" report. Albert has the lowdown of it. 3. The best way to build big is to start small. Agreed, way too many initiatives in public sector
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“” — http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=9057 Frankly, I find it incredible that almost 3 years after the Directives were published more than half the Member States are yet to transpose them fully. Plus, 11 Member States are yet to transpose a single Directive.
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“ ” — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jan/10/jeremy-corbyns-morning-interviews-politics-live As with Donald Trump a few weeks ago, where to start? Well, let's discounting the fact that we're still inside the EU and this measure would be deemed illegal as discriminatory and violating the principle
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1. Spanish region of Castilla-Leon used social clauses in 76% of its contracts in 2016 (Spanish only). No indication of what exact type of clauses were used, their cost or how they were monitored but in addition to social clauses proper the region has reserved contracts. 2. Lawsuit seeks to
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Just saying.
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1. Cristina Kirchner accused of corruption in Argentina. 2. Large Spanish construction companies rail against price heavy and price only projects (Spanish only). 3. Putting innovation at the heart of public procurement. A recipe for complexity. 4. Corruption charges in Portugal grow significantly between 2014 and 2016 (Portuguese only). Finger
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A few weeks ago a two page note by Deloitte stating the lack of a Government plan for Brexit was leaked to the Times. At the time, Government replied that the note had no credibility and one would assume the matter had ended there. But then today Deloitte apologises and
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Gatewit, the e-procurement platform with the highest market share in Portugal has had its operational license revoked by the Regulator IMPIC. A significant number of little birdies in the country had told me over the last few months that this was the most likely outcome for the hardball business practices
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1. Government of Western Australia shows Minimum Viable Product version of its new online procurement portal. Great to see a Government taking up on cheaper, more agile ways of developing services instead of building the whole widget without external feedback. Well done. 2. Is raising the micro-purchase threshold from $3,
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I have just uploaded the last episode of 2016 for the Public Procurement Podcast. This time the interview is with Suvi Taponen, Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University School of Business, who also works as a Procurement Consultant. She will defend her thesis entitled ‘Improving the efficiency of public service delivery
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The next instalment of the Public Procurement Podcast is up, this time a relaxed conversation with my good friend Baudouin Heuninckx, Chief Counsel of the Belgian Armed Forces Procurement Division and a part-time academic at the University of Nottingham and also the Belgian Royal Military Academy. He has just published
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The full version of the Commentary to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 done by myself and Dr. Albert Sanchez-Graells is now available at www.pcr2015.uk. We consolidated the original separate entries from our blogs in a single comment to each of the 122 provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations