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How South Korea enables its green transition through green public procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Initially, the reforms focused on two key actions: public institutions were required to create an annual GPP implementation plan with self-defined targets as well as a performance record of their green purchases. million and 4,415 new jobs created in the green economy, according to official figures.

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The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

This ensures transparency and encourages innovation, because as providers introduce new services and products, they become automatically purchasable under the framework agreement. From there, the buyer can define the specific requirements for the solution and move to a request for a quotation to build the solution.

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Requirements Contracts: Words of Exclusivity

Public Contracting Institute

In this case, the contract language made it clear that the agency made a promise to purchase the subject matter of the contract exclusively from the seller. The case notes that an essential element of a requirements contract is the promise by the buyer to purchase the subject matter of the contract exclusively from the seller.

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Scottish Procurement Vlog – September 2024

Scottish Government Procurement

The key aim of our own supported businesses Dynamic Purchase System is to provide Scottish public sector and third sector bodies with a clear path to purchase goods and services from supported businesses. A really good and enjoyable event. million per annum on the Supply of Natural Gas.

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Paris 2021 – EN – Frederic Lino

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Frédéric Lino EVP Purchasing and Supply Chain. He also holds an Executive Master in International Purchasing Management from ESSEC Business School (2012). He was then promoted to Purchasing Executive Manager at Renault-Nissan, where he will be in charge of seat and raw material amenities with the management of 25 buyers.

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A missed opportunity to provide meaningful clarification on state aid analysis of procurement compliance and some problematic ‘obiter dicta’ (C-28/23)

How to Crack a Nut

The Slovak Government decided not to purchase the stadium and it instead challenged the compatibility with EU law of the State aid package due to a fundamental breach of procurement law. This part of the dispute concerned the definition of ‘public works contracts’ under Directive 2014/24/EU (issue 1).

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Friday Flash 06/07/2024

The Coalition for Government Procurement

Last month, the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a draft Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the proposed governmentwide ASCEND Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for cloud services. FAR & Beyond: What is the Trajectory of the ASCEND BPA? procurement at the GWU Law School.