Public Procurement
The European Commission published today a Communication containing guidance on how to handle public procurement during this COVID-19 crisis. As it should be expected, this is simply a refresher of how to handle procurement quickly during an emergency and does not affect in any way the current set of
Public Procurement
As mentioned on Friday’s post, the UK did not take part on the joint procurement set up by the European Commission for COVID-19 medical supplies, including that of ventilators. The Government's official response is that there was a miscommunication between the parties and that no invitation
Public Procurement
A consortium of 20+ industrial, technology and engineering companies has also secured an order from the UK Government for over 10,000 ventilators. Differently from Dyson, Ventilator Challenge UK is basing its improved design on current models that have already been certified by the regulator, so it is anticipated that
Public Procurement
The BBC published a newspiece yesterday stating that Dyson had been commissioned by the Government to produce 10,000 ventilators based on a new design that is yet to pass any medical tests. This comes a mere 10 days after the Government called for help from the private sector in
Public Procurement
Portugal amended yesterday part of the exceptional legislation approved to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Decree-Law 10-E/2020 from 24/03/2020 is a short piece of legislation and in what concerns public procurement simply extends the legal regime introduced by Decree-Law 10-A to all
Public Procurement
Despite the UK being party to the EU Joint Procurement Agreement on medical countermeasures, it seems that it had sat out the recent round of procedures launched earlier in the month to deal with the shortage of medical equipment arising from the COVID-19 crisis. Despite calls to join in,
Public Procurement
Marta Andhov and Roberto Caranta edited a just published report entitled Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward - Reform Proposals. The name says it all since it covers some ideas of how to improve sustainability in public procurement in the near future. This report is part of the SMART Project
Links
1. Lithuania to buy, lease 35,000 computers as schools prepare for remote learning. 2. Danish disinfection robots save lives in fight against coronavirus 3. World Bank launches database on country procurement systems and country eProcurement implementations
Public Procurement
My good friend Chris Yukins from George Washington University is running an online colloquium on the challenges raised by COVID-19 in public procurement for this coming Wednesday at the following times: * Pacific US – 9:00 * Mountain US – 10:00 * Central US – 11:00 * Eastern US – 12 noon * United Kingdom/
Public Procurement
The Cabinet Office has just published a new Public Procurement Note (PPN 02/20) setting up guidance and advice on contract payment to contracting authorities in the UK public sector except for the devoled administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These are recommended to: * Review their contract portfolio and
Public Procurement
A few days ago I wrote a post about Portugal's knee-jerk reaction to the COVID-19 crisis and the changes introduced to the Public Contracts Code by the new Decree-Law 10-A/2020. It is fair to say I was far from impressed. And the more
Public Procurement
The UK Government published today a procurement policy note setting out information and guidance on how public procurement should adapt to the challenges posed by COVID-19. This note recognises the need to be aware of the scope that already exists within the rules for exceptional measures and, crucially, for