Public Procurement
Late last week Portugal established an exceptional legal framework to deal with the impact arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Decree-Law 10-A/2020 was published in March 13th but its effects are backdated to the date of approval (March 12th) or even earlier for some parts of it. There is
Public Procurement
Spain’s current public procurement law imposes strong transparency requirements for most contracts below the financial thresholds, restricting the use of non-transparent procedures to contracts value at below €15,000 (services) or €40,000 (works) only. My take is that overall this is a positive step and one that I
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1. *That* audit report about public procurement Wales is getting some traction. 2. Royal Navy 'cannibalisation' on the rise. 3. Crown Commercial Service and Government Digital Service team up to simplify public sector contracts. (Great news!) 4. Some news about how low value contracts are dealt with under
Public Procurement
Last week Ian Makgill from OpenOpps and SpendNetwork published this stat: “” It's a big number, but one we should not be surprised to see. First, according Regulation 109 PCR2015 below the EU financial thresholds the obligation covers Central Government (from £10,000 upwards), NHS and sub-central contracting authorities