Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The urgent need to stem these ills led to the first wave of reforms that saw an overhaul of colonial era and post-independence procurement structures in the form of Tender Boards that were characterized by centralized procurement, lack of transparency, outdated legal framework and weak dispute management mechanisms.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Background The Appeal was filed by SANESSOL, a company that was awarded a public bid for the provision of sanitation services in the City of Mirassol by the Municipality of the city in 2007. In 2012, SANESSOL requested a tariff revision, arguing for the necessity of re-establishing the contractual balance.

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

22 Similarly, the contracting authority is not under an obligation to provide an unsuccessful tenderer, upon written request from it, with a full copy of the evaluation report (see order of 20 September 2011 in Case C‑561/10 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission, paragraph 25).

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The Procurement School

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Any model which is primarily profit-based from a Supply side needs to be effectively balanced by the Demand side. Public sector procurement also followed the Smith theory, where the lowest cost from a tendering process must deliver the best value. The solutions are not secrets.

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How to Crack a Nut

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Relatedly, the Slovak Government stated that despite containing explicit references to the tendering of the construction of the stadium, the State aid Decision cannot preempt a fresh assessment of the compliance of this legal structure with EU procurement rules. To my mind, it did so implicitly, which explains paragraph 8 of its Decision SA.46530.

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2012

For instance, some recent case law on the duty to provide reasons under each of the specific adminsitrative procedures that govern contract tendering and trademark registration shows what, in my view, is rather a contradiction. Moreover, she could not sue without knowing what those reasons are. GC T-569/10, at paras 39 to 46, emphasis added).

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