Public Procurement
1. The Small Business Act may have an impact in public procurement here in the UK? Crown Commercial Services says it is not a land grab. 2. Portugal saves up to €2,000,000,000 re-negotiating PPP/PFI contracts. Over the last 20 years the country was blanketed (bankrupted) with
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Regulation 43 - Labels Regulation 43 defines a number of rules regarding the use of labels in public procurement, transposing Article 43 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Labels - at least with this level of detail - are a new addition to the European
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Regulation 42 - Technical Specifications Regulation 42 establishes the rules on how contracting are to (or may) define the technical specifications for a public procurement procedure. In essence, it transposes Article 42 of Directive 2014/24/EU and codifies some technical specifications case law from the last few years, particularly
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Regulation 41 - Prior involvement of candidates or tenderers Can a prospective tenderer be involved in drafting the tender documents before a procedure is launched? According to Regulation 41, yes it can. The main rule of Regulation 41 allows for such participation, but digging deeper into the Regulation allows us
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Regulation 40 - Preliminary market consultations Regulation 40 transposes Article 40 of Directive 2004/14/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland, expressly allowing contracting authorities to conduct market consultations with suppliers prior to the start of a new procedure. The Regulation is quite short with only three paragraphs setting
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I bought a few procurement related books recently, here's what's on my pile by order of arrival: 1. Abby Semple, A Practical Guide to Public Procurement, Oxford 2015 A fresh and modern take on public procurement from a practical perspective. I say this not as a
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Regulation 39 - Procurement involving contracting authorities from other member States Regulation 39 brings a real innovation to the public procurement table: the possibility of undertaking joint procurement with contracting authorities based in other Member States. Regulation 39 transposes Article 39 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and
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Regulation 38 - Occasional joint procurement Regulation 38 provides contracting authorities with a simple set of rules to determine responsibility in case they decide to do some joint procurement. This Regulation transposes Article 38 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England and Wales. What Regulation 38 tries to achieve is
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Regulation 37 - Centralised purchasing activities and central purchasing bodies We can find on Regulation 37 the rules pertaining to centralised procurement, both procurement activities and bodies involved in such activities. Regulation 36 transposes Article 36 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can find
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1. Are urban developments subject to procurement rules (or at least principles)? Good case report by Paul Henty. I remember vividly a discussion back in 2007/8 with my then Ph.D supervisor about how come development contracts are not considered relevant for the internal market and as such subject
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Regulation 36 - Electronic catalogues Is it just me who finds the expression "electronic catalogues" as having a vaguely 90s feel to it? Something along the lines of "multimedia" or "the world wide web"? It also brings to mind the idea of a La
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Regulation 35 - Electronic Auctions On Regulation 35 we can find the rules establishing how electronic auctions can be used within public procurement. These are very prescriptive rules, particularly when compared with the ones for framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. Regulation 35 transposes Article 25 and overall it tries