Public Procurement
Ground covered this week This week Albert and I covered the last two exceptions to the application of Part 2 (exclusive rights and public-public cooperation) and three specific situations whereby Part 2 rules were explicitly extended to contracts that one might think would not be covered. These are extensions for
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Regulation 15 - Defence and security Regulation 15 transposes Article 15 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This Regulation ensures that Part 2 applies to certain contracts within the field of defence and security. As mentioned before, defence and security benefit from exceptions to general
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Regulation 14 - Research and development services Regulation 14 extends the application of Part 2 to some research and development contracts, which traditionally have been excluded from public procurement. This extension only applies if three conditions are met. First, the contracts need to classified under specific Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
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Regulation 13 - Contracts subsidised by contracting authorities Regulation 13 takes us out of Sub-Section 3 (exclusions) and into Sub-Section 4 (specific situations) of Part 2. This Regulation covers contracts that are subsidised by contracting authorities, transposing Article 13 of Directive 2014/24/EU into England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Regulation 12 - Public contracts between entities within the public sector Regulation 12 transposes Article 12 of Directive 2014/24/EU regulating how contracting authorities can award contracts to fellow contracting authorities without having to apply the bulk of procurement substantive rules. Directive 2004/18/EC did not have a
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Regulation 11 - Service contracts awarded on the basis of an exclusive right Regulation 11 transposes Article 11 of Directive 2014/24 almost verbatim, word for word. The Regulation excludes from application of Part 2 any service contract that is awarded under the basis of an exclusive right held by
Links
1. Greece to exclude German firms from public procurement? Apparently Greece wants to kick out Siemens, Reihnmethall and Airbus from (defence?) public procurement. Bearing in mind how the submarine deal ended there... 2. Public Contracts Regulations 2015 arrive 3. Random effects of scoring price in a tender evaluation Michael Bowsher
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In the second week of our procurement tennis, Albert and I covered Regulations 6 to 10 of the new Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Whereas Regulation 6 was still related to thresholds, the other four entries of the week were dedicated to various exclusions from Part 2 of the Public Contracts
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Regulation 10 - specific exclusions for service contracts Regulation 10 provides us with a list of services that are excluded from Part 2 rules. Its content is straightforwardly similar to Article 10 of Directive 2014/24/EU. The list can charitably be described as a roll call of service sectors
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Regulation 9 - Public contracts awarded, and design contests organised, pursuant to international rules Regulation 9 transposes Article 9 of Directive 2014/24/EU on contracts involving international organisations or international rules. Once more, it follows the original closely, albeit with a couple of differences. The first one is that
random musings
Today is my last day working for Bangor University. After four years I am moving to a new gig as Senior Lecturer at Swansea University. Excited, thrilled and energised to get things done, but also on a reflective mood about moving on. Moving on is not difficult and should not
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Regulation 8 - Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications As Albert put it, Regulation 8 does not offer much scope for comment. In first instance, I agreed with him but when I started digging I found some interesting points to comment, making a mountain out of a mole