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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

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When I published my first entry into the Portuguese train tender , I received an email tipping me off to a potential other issue with it. Let's start with what is in the tender documentation, shall we? Tender documentation The object of the contract is to purchase 117 sets and a maintenance shed for them.

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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. Second, it also breaches the general principles of non discrimination and competition as included in art 36 of Directive 2014/25/EU.

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Will the ECJ mandate protectionism in procurement) -- comments on AG Collins' Kolin Opinion (C-652/22)

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In the Opinion in Kolin Inşaat Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret ( C-652/22, EU:C:2024:212 , hereafter ‘Kolin’), Advocate General Collins has argued that only economic operators established in countries party to international agreements on public contracts that bind the EU may rely on the provisions of Directive 2014/25/EU.

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Did you know many Procurement Team in govt use MEAT as part of evaluation?

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Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) is the measure for selecting the best out of the incoming bids based on factors that are related to the subject matter of the contract. This criterion of selecting the tender was announced by European Parliament in January 2014.

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Do electric ferries dream of batteries?

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When putting the contract out to tender, Transtejo decided to acquire 10 ferries and only one single pack of batteries, committing itself to acquire the remaining 9 packs at a later date via another procurement procedure. The company doesn’t bite and both attempts fail.

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GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

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The plain meaning of § 3553(d)(4)(A)(ii) is that the clock starts on the day that the bidder receives debriefing. B-410202 , 2014 CPD ¶ 247, at 2 (Aug. 27] See Rhonda Podojil-Agency Tender Official, B-311310 , 2008 CPD ¶ 94, at 1 (May 9, 2008). [28] 59] CAFC’s February 4, 2021 decision went in the opposite direction. B-414220.2

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

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Procurement would thus be a set of administrative law requirements concerned with the design and advertisement of tenders for public contracts, the decision-making process leading to the award of those contracts, and the advertisement and potential challenge of such decisions.