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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement

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The Portuguese government is planning to introduce mandatory green public procurement criteria in the near future. This means the public sector in Portugal will have less than 3 months to adapt to a fairly significant change in the way it carries out public procurement.

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (III - food procurement)

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This is a textbook example of artificially narrowing down competition as established by Article 18(1) of the Directive 2014/24/EU. It should be self-evident that any increase in compliance costs will disadvantage smaller suppliers over larger ones who are better prepared to absorb those costs and requirements. The second is more puzzling.

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The principle of competition is dead. Long live the principle of competition (Free webinar)

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The role of competition in public procurement regulation continues to be debated. Bringing together voices representing a wide range of views, this webinar will explore these issues and provide a space for reflective discussion on competition and public procurement. Free webinar: 22 March 2024 2pm UK / 3pm CET / 4pm EET.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

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It was announced yesterday that the Portuguese train company (CP) chose a consortium headed by Alstom as the preferred bidder for its first major train procurement contract in many decades. The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria.

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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

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A couple of caveats here though: I'm a lot less comfortable discussing state aid than I am public procurement since my expertise is in the latter. To do this properly, then the shed should be assessed via the award criteria. Also, there are a lot more assumptions to be made here than in my original post.

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