Public Procurement
According to the Telegraph, the Prime-Minister wants to get rid of EU public procurement rules and their (alleged) obligation of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder. A veritable “bonfire of red tape” as they like to say. I have written multiple times about the straw man argument that EU procurement
Public Procurement
Clifford Chance has commented on the Prime Minister’s promise to change public procurement rules in the UK in favour of national businesses once the country is outside the EU in a fairly detailed piece by Andrew Dean. The article correctly explores the various alternatives for the UK going forward,
Public Procurement
Boris Johnson is once again talking about procurement: “ ” The obvious figure Johnson is missing here is that 97% or so of procurement is spent with British companies, so the upside of the measure is pretty much non-existent. However, any move to tilt the playing field in favour of British companies
Public Procurement
This is the transcript of Johnson’s interview with Sky’s Sophie Ridge: SR: It was a very simple question. Are you prepared to see borrowing go up? BJ: If it's borrowing to finance great infrastructure projects and there is an opportunity to borrow at low rates and
Links
1. European Commission publishes final version of its much awaited Notice on the notion of State aid as referred to in Article 107(1) TFEU. Albert's comments are here. 2. UK Government consults on changes to how councils publish procurement data. Consultation is available here. 3. Doubts over