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Procurement Act - Key Facts and Figures

VWV

Consilidation The Procurement Act 2023 will be a consolidation of: Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 but will need to be read alongside the The Procurement Regulations 2024 and the National Procurement Policy Statement 1.

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European Court of Auditors publishes report on public procurement

Telles.eu

The European Court of Auditors published yesterday its report on EU public procurement between 2011 and 2021 , looking into the competition for public contracts covered by EU rules. We also note that some of the objectives of the 2014 reform may at times go against the overarching objective of ensuring competition in public procurement.”

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Raytheon to Pay $950 Million in Major FCA and FCPA Case Aided by Whistleblower

Whistleblower Network News

According to the SEC, Raytheon violated the FCPA as it “used sham subcontracts with a supplier to pay bribes of nearly $2 million to Qatari military and other officials from 2011 to 2017 to obtain Qatari military defense contracts.” Qui tam whistleblowers are eligible to receive between 15 and 30% of the government’s recovery.

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Risk of anti-competitive collusion after excessive level of transparency in public procurement debriefing?

European Law: Public Procurement

Reading the Evropaïki Dynamiki (ESP-ISEP) Judgment, one cannot but wonder if EU public procurement rules do not still impose an excessive degree of transparency in the debriefing of disappointed bidders. Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2011) 358-9].

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Understanding Minor Deviations in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Minor deviations are a subtle area that requires clear guidelines to ensure fairness and transparency. phocadownload/Determination/pdf.

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Open government procurement drives innovation using the cloud

AWS Public Sector

Traditional technology procurement challenges service transformation When the UK government wanted to transform services to make them modern and digital in 2011, the approach to technology investment then was the same as it was for capital infrastructure projects such as road building. They reduced contracts from six years to nine months.

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A New Era of Procurement in Europe: Time for Bold Change

Open Contracting Partnership

With its mix of charm, history, and major public works set to transform its infrastructure for the future, Rome was the perfect backdrop for our event which was all about harnessing our collective knowledge to make procurement more results-driven, transparent, and impactful across Europe. This trend started long before Covid.