Public Procurement
1. A Clear Understanding of Outcome-Based Contracts? 2. Inquiry launched into East Coast rail franchise collapse. 3. The rise and fall of 18F. 4. Madrid city council is not a fan of transparency in public procurement (Spanish only). 5. Obscure deals and dead-ends: the dark side of Hungarian public procurement.
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1. UK Government publishes guidance on how to use social and environmental criteria in public procurement. 2. Foreign Office allegedly instructs LSE to remove foreign experts from a public contract to provide advice (story developing). 3. LCTA and Assessing "Value" in Procurement - Tricky but key. 4. Red
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1. More info about the "Crown Marketplace" for local authorities. Not very juicy, but Central Government keeps pushing for lowering participation barriers. 2. Procurement of reactors in Hungary appears to fall prey of procurement rules. Although to be honest the biggest problem appears to be related with State