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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

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. And in the best case, a better one."

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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

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. 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. Or so it would seem at first glance.

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement

Telles.eu

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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The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. Access to technical expertise Problem: Lack of specific technical expertise for informed choices within government.

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

How to Crack a Nut

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. para 52, emphases added).

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

Tendersinfo

Government Procurement Professionals aim to achieve the best value for money in the process of procurement of goods and services for the public. A weightage-based criterion helps the procurement team to select the best out of the lot that gives the best value in terms of Cost, Quality, and experience.

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Testing the limits of ChatGPT’s procurement knowledge (and stubbornness) – guest post by Džeina Gaile

How to Crack a Nut

Džeina asked a few easy questions on the topic of her PhD research (tender clarifications). I find the bit of the conversation on the very existence of Article 56 and the content of Article 56(3) Directive 2014/24/EU particularly (ahem) illuminating. In a few words, a bit of a “procurement geek”. Happy reading!