Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 28, 2024

More often than not, public procurement of technology is viewed as non-transparent, uncompetitive, poorly planned, inefficient, costly, and having high failure rates. There is research to show that every additional tenderer leads to a price reduction.

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Procurement Framework Agreement IT Public Private Partnership 134

How to Crack a Nut

MAY 17, 2023

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. Happy reading! Not to be continued.]

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Procurement Tender Public Procurement IT 52

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

In 2014, the European Union (EU) took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy. This policy required the inclusion of Indigenous businesses in public opportunities without requiring an overly burdensome and costly tender process. Social Procurement Framework in European Union.

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Supplier Ethics E-procurement Supply Chain 98

University of Bristol

AUGUST 23, 2021

NHS commissioning is currently subjected to both the Public Procurement Regulations 2015 (PCR2015, aka the UK’s copy-out transposition of Directive 2014/24/EU) and the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013. Each of these criteria are explained in more detail in the proposal’s Annex.

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Tender E-procurement Procurement Transparency 52

University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It is difficult enough to have access to information on ‘live’ tender procedures. 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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Sustainability Procurement Public Procurement IT 52

Telles.eu

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The transposition of the 2014 Directives His first government transposed the 2014 Directives fashionably late in August 2017. In 2017 I voiced significant concerns about the creation of a new non-transparent procedure to partially replace direct awards. I shall come back to this mantra further down. Personal data on base.gov.pt

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Procurement Thresholds Tender Transparency 100