Public Procurement
The Commission has just put out its European Single Procurement Document review covering what has been done so far to get it to work and what is the current status of its implementation. The report makes for grim reading with most Member States still fumbling their way around with the
ransomware
Ben Thompson rightly points out a clear agency problem related with the business model of suppliers of hardware and software to institutions like the NHS: “ ” Ben is on the right track when arguing that the lack of alignment of business models is at the heart of the problem. However, the
Public Procurement
About 10 days ago I gave a presentation at the CEVIA conference in Copenhagen (slides here)on how public procurement in the EU was slowly but surely being transformed into a compliance tool or enforcement system for policy objectives. As it happens I have also just published a paper on
Public Procurement
1. Labour's electoral manifesto commits to keep the UK in the Government Procurement Agreement. Well, to accede to the GPA in my view. 2. Plaid Cymru's manifesto calls for more local procurement. Well, if the GPA is part of the discussion, then there is no real
Public Procurement
Last week's (and today's?) ransomware attack on the NHS has a procurement angle to it. It is not the only one and maybe not the most important but procurement mattered nonetheless. Here's why: 1. Vendor lock-in All compromised computers ran either Windows XP
Public Procurement
The answer is: not all and not all of the time irrespective of the clear legal commands to do so. OpenOpps looked into the practice for contracts published on ContractsFinder and this is what they found out: “” As I suspected, local Government is a lot worse: “” As the data analysis
PPPs
1. World Bank starts MOOC on PPPs (French only). Older English version here. I sincerely hope they cover also the downsides of PPPs. 2. 18F publishes beta website with US Government spending. Now if only we would do the same in Europe... 3. Night bus service in Barcelona to be
Public Procurement
'A lot' appears to be the answer: “ ” and more: “ ” Both quotes come from John Lehman, US secretary of the Navy under President Reagan. Note the push-back against cost-plus contracts and how they provide economic operators with the incentive to keep the costs ticking even if they
Public Procurement
1. European Parliament publishes report on Brexit impact in public procurement. 2. Locked in by choice: How European governments are handling their Microsoft addiction. 3. Gonna Make You A (Contract) Offer You Can’t Refuse – Grayling Persuades Mace To Back Off HS2 Challenge. 4. Government Of South Australia Shares Guidance
Public Procurement
Myself and Albert published our consolidated Commentary to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 late in 2016. The current version was mostly based on the blogposts we wrote back in 2015 and we just updated the content in very specific areas as we were working on a very tight timeframe and
Public Procurement
Here's two papers that have just arrived on my pile of stuff to read and appear quite interesting and important: 1. Palguta, Ján and Filip Pertold. 2017. "Manipulation of Procurement Contracts: Evidence from the Introduction of Discretionary Thresholds." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(2): 293-
Public Procurement
1. Corruption in public procurement: Siemens Greek Bribery Scandal by Penelope Giosa. 2. Stadium deals, corruption and bribery: the questions at the heart of Brazil’s Olympic and World Cup ‘miracle’ 3. Contract headaches: The Long Beach Story 4. Quantifying the carbon footprint of the catering service of public schools