Public Procurement
The UK Government has finally published its response to the consultation on the Procurement Green Paper which closed in March earlier this year with over 600 submissions. Predictably the summary of the response dwells on the positives and support for the changes proposed in the Green Paper, but to be
Public Procurement
I managed to finish my response to the Green Paper consultation on the public procurement reform proposed by the UK Government. It clocks in at 10,000 words and makes for a boring read as I followed the chapter/question structure adopted by the Green Paper. The file is available
Public Procurement
Albert Sanchez-Graells has published his response to the  public consultation on the UK Government’s Green Paper on procurement reform. As usual, this is an excellent piece of work clocking in over 15,000 words. Overall, our views coincide in almost every point perhaps with the exception on transparency -
Public Procurement
The final entry on this series about the Green Paper on public procurement reform is on focused on the disappointing lack of ideas around automation. For a once in a lifetime "root and branch" operation on public procurement rules, I would have expected to see an effort in
Public Procurement
One of the changes the Government wants to introduce with the procurement reform is the concept of a "national procurement policy" to be followed by contracting authorities when carrying out procurement. That is to say, contracting authorities would no longer only follow their own objectives in public procurement
Public Procurement
Still in the context of the purported simplification objective set forth in the Green Paper onprocurement reform, I think it is important to look at what the Government is proposing in relation to exclusions. Exclusions grounds in public procurement are nothing more than a compliance mechanism for the pursuance of
Public Procurement
I have been giving a look (finally!) to the Government's Green Paper on public procurement reform and am struck by the confusion between flexibility and simplification. The GP contends that simplification is needed and then proceeds to introduce more flexibility. It is evident to me that the proponents
Public Procurement
The UK Government published yesterday a green paper on public procurement reform with proposals for a new legal framework post-Brexit. I am yet to have the time to look at it properly, but Albert has already done so. There is now an open consultation period until early March and this