Public Procurement
I am talking next week about framework agreements at a Conference hosted by Aarhus University, so perhaps some random musings about my presentation are in order. 1. UK* regulation of framework agreements is barebones Both the outgoing Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and the incoming Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Draft) simply
Public Procurement
Public Procurement
Then you should see this week's BBC Panorama about Tesco's procurement practices. Only available in the UK unfortunately. I was aware that supermarkets made good money from "commercial deals" (ie, flogging suppliers) but was unaware of the size of the problem. It is big.
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1. "Don't give contracts or grants to companies without women in the boardroom" Once more, tying to use public procurement to solve problems not directly connected with it. 2. "Fence at border with Turkey to be built without public procurement" Who needs public procurement