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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

For the most part the sheltered workshop claim is a red herring since the contract was not reserved as per Article 38 of Directive 2014/25/EU, nor was it a condition of performance since there were marks available to be obtained by economic operators. And in the best case, a better one." This is, self-evidently, illegal on two main counts.

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

Tendersinfo

This criterion of selecting the tender was announced by European Parliament in January 2014. Under technical merits falls aspects like turnover, certifications, manufacturing capacity, machinery, Quality control system, and many more. Tender Evaluation is done as an aggregate of both aspects.

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OMB’s new guidance, RFI boost grant modernization efforts

Federal News Network

The guidance , which hasn’t been updated since 2020 and hasn’t seen a significant update since OMB issued the initial standards in 2014, aims to revamp the grants oversight and delivery process in several ways. That said they can’t really handle all that capacity.

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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

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In 2014, the European Union (EU) took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy. Buoyed by action from the Canadian government, they launched a new agile procurement initiative in 2018 with the stated purpose of simplifying its procurement process e for small and diverse businesses. .

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What we’re getting wrong about accountability and citizen empowerment

Open Contracting Partnership

For the people that need to be heard the most, it’s not even about the digital divide, it’s about their capacity to contribute. We could have developed the FOCO app in 2014 already. The first point we should remember is that we cannot romanticize citizen participation.

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AI & sustainable procurement: the public sector should first learn what it already owns

University of Bristol

Accessing information on contract execution and any contractual modifications has been nigh impossible until the very recent implementation of the increased transparency requirements imposed by the EU’s 2014 Public Procurement Package.

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DOE Considers Using the Defense Production Act to Increase Output and Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies

The Contractor's Perspective

Under the DPA declaration of policy, Congress has found that it is in the interest of national defense preparedness that governmental assurance exists for a certain capacity level to produce and provide renewable energy sources. 4502(a)(6). more efficient energy storage and distribution technologies, and energy conservation measures.”