Three words, Donald: Government Procurement Agreement
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The bugbear of price only contracts as an obstacle to great procurement
I've recently come across this document commissioned (I think) by the EIC Forum analysing the legal issues affecting innovation in public procurement. While it is not a final report, there was a barrier mentioned here that attracted my attention: the preference for price only contracts in procurement. Time
Upcoming events
In March and April I will be taking part in a couple of procurement related events. First off, the ERA annual procurement conference, to be held in Trier on March 20th and 21st. I have not visited Trier in many years and am very much looking forward to this one.
Rethinking the procurement Directives: an upcoming series of blogs
The Commission kickstarted late last year the process to revise the public procurement Directives from 2014, launching a call for evidence and public consultation to run until March 7th. While I am not optimistic about the outcome of the legislative process and where we may be headed in the regulation
New paper out
I've uploaded to SSRN yesterday the final version of a new paper on the evolution of electronic procurement under Directive 2014/24/EU. Here's the abstract: "Traditionally, public procurement has been conducted on paper without any formal involvement of technology or electronic features. In 2004,