Procurement Directives Revision
Iwas challenged by my good friend Marko Turudic on Linkedin to pick one (and only one) article of the public procurement Directive to change in the upcoming revision. I am going to be very obvious on my choice by picking Article 4 - thresholds. It should come to no surprise
Procurement Directives Revision
I'm making my way through the Commission's recent report on public procurement and one of the things that caught my attention was the discussion on simplification. As the report rightly mentions, simplification was one of the objectives of the 2014 procurement reform. The problem is that
electronic procurement
I have a new paper out on electronic public procurement in the EU, focused on the failures of the current legislative framework with some ideas of what should be done in the upcoming revision of the procurement Directives. Here's the abstract: This paper critiques the EU’s electronic
Danish EU Presidency 2025
The Danish EU Presidency has put out its programme for the upcoming semester when Denmark will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union. The programme is called "A strong Europe in a changing world" but when it comes down to public procurement we are not
public procurement consultation
Earlier this week the Commission put out a summary of the findings on the public procurement consultation for the revision of the procurement Directives. Albert has a great entry on the findings of the consultation but I will be taking a different view on this one. In total the consultation
Procurement Directives Revision
On this final entry based on my response to the public consultation on the revision of the procurement Directives I focus instead on what should not change and is worth keeping as it is. 44. While tempting to focus on change in the context of the public consultation for a
Procurement Directives Revision
On this seventh entry I covered the idea that was floated back in the original draft for the 2014 procurement Directive of the creation of a single oversight body in each member State. I remember hearing some arguments about why that was dropped but honestly the details evade me at
Public consultation
This sixth entry covers a topic I did not look into earlier when discussing my ideas for the procurement reform. The issue of legal services has been in my mind for a couple of decades now ever since I started working in public procurement as a lawyer and the industry&
Procurement Directives Revision
The fifth entry into this series about my submission the EU consultation on the revision of the procurement Directives is on exclusions reform and how taking them out of the procurement process is an obvious win for simplification. 30. Currently, contracting authorities have to apply mandatory and optional exclusions during
Procurement Directives Revision
This fourth entry is focused on the number of public procurement procedures currently included in the procurement toolbox and how they should be reduced to three: open, competitive with negotiation and a new procedure for services 22. At the moment, a contracting authority has access to open, restricted, competitive dialogue,
Procurement Directives Revision
The third entry into the series on my response to the procurement Directives revision consultation is on electronic procurement and how and why it needs to be redesigned 15. The current electronic procurement framework requires fundamental reform because it merely digitises analogue processes rather than reimagining procurement for the digital
Procurement Directives Revision
My second entry into this series on my submission to the consultation on the revision of the procurement Directives is on thresholds and why we should abolish them: 7. The current system of financial thresholds is illogical as it puts a floor into the single market: contracts above certain values