Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 7, 2024

It was drafted in consultation with representatives from the public, private sector, third sector and included the Fair Work Convention. This replaces the previous Best Practice Guidance and Toolkit published in 2018.

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Telles.eu

JUNE 30, 2023

And since it is my first time going back since 2018, it will be great to catch up with old faces and also my students from the procurement masters at Belgrade University who will be receiving their certificates on Friday.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process.

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NASPO

MAY 13, 2021

A reoccurring challenge in public procurement is: How can government keep up with procuring technological innovation? The state of Minnesota Office of State Procurement (OSP) faced this question in 2018 when the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) approached OSP looking for a procurement solution to their predicament.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Results : Levels of green procurement uptake across Lithuanian public institutions have increased to 94% by value and 93% by total procedures as of 1 December 2023.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MAY 23, 2024

The app’s comprehensive database of procurement appeals sources data from the Prozorro public procurement system, as well as decisions on complaints made to the Antimonopoly Committee, and investigations by the State Audit Service. They also help maintain the private sector’s trust in public procurement.

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Naomi Clews Consultancy

JULY 20, 2023

Public Procurement Report The latest National Audit Office (NAO) report provides detailed recommendations for UK Government departments’ to maximise the benefits of effective competition when they run public procurement processes.

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Telles.eu

MARCH 23, 2023

In fact, that is the main plank of Transtejo’s defense: that the 2021 draft of Art 370 of the Public Contracts Code (PPC) would be applicable since the reason to amend the contract had ocurred via the failure of the direct awards which had been attempted after the entry into force of the new draft.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

In this post as part of our series exploring the impact of AI on public procurement , we’ll outline our approach and lessons learned. But the EU’s procurement notices use the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV), not these product groups, so we had to match the product groups to CPV codes (see our spreadsheet ).

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Photo credit: Flickr While carrying out research on the impact of digital technologies for public procurement governance, I have realised that the deployment of artificial intelligence to promote sustainability through public procurement holds some promise. In my view, it should be a matter of high priority. *

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ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2023

Public Procurement: Building Business Cases and Driving Momentum. For the Government, supplier diversity programs are something procurement professionals in the United States (US) have accepted as a key element to their procurement success. Social Procurement Framework in European Union.

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University of Bristol

JULY 15, 2018

The Web Accessibility Directive must be transposed into UK law by 23 September 2018 and will generate obligations for new websites from 2019, for pre-existing websites from 2020, and for all public sector apps from 2021. All apps will have to comply from 23 June 2021.

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I am delighted to present to How to Crack a Nut readers an outline of my recently published book Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists and Other Public Procurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements (Hart Publishing, 2023).

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Telles.eu

MARCH 24, 2023

The current transposition draft only has 3 paragraphs and a couple of subparagraphs, a complete departure from Article 72 and also the original draft of Article 370 from 2018 which was a lot more detailed and restrictive in the possibility for amendments to be used, going beyond what is on the Directive itself.

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The Procurement School

JUNE 25, 2023

As a company that provides education in public procurement , this is perhaps the most common question that arises. similarities of public and private procurement There are many similarities between public-and private-sector procurement practices. where do public sector procurement rules come from?

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Mercell

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Press release Utrecht & Sofia December 15, 2017 Dutch software company Negometrix to develop the national procurement system for all Bulgarian Public Entities On December 15, 2017 Negometrix as part of a consortium, signed a contract with the Public Procurement Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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Mercell

JULY 13, 2018

This article was originally published by Mike Thornton, Purchasing Manager for the City of Leesburg, Florida, on June 20, 2018. It is my opinion that most public procurement organizations are not afforded this type of thinking in choosing the tools used to perform their work. What should the new public procurement look like?

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 27, 2024

Most of the exceptions to the prohibition for public entities to have recourse to arbitration are listed in Article L. 2197-6 of the Public Procurement Code ) and to include arbitration agreements in public-private partnerships so far as French law applies ( Article L.2236-1 2018-202 of 26 March 2018 ).

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Framework Public Bodies are encouraged to complete the RFI and confirm their interest in participating in a User Intelligence Group (UIG) for the new procurement exercise. If you would like to discuss, please contact Bridget Lambert, Head of Collaborative Procurement at bridget.lambert@gov.scot.

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Nitrous: Public Procurement

AUGUST 12, 2020

These figures aren’t helped by the fact that the proportion of public sector contracts awarded without a competitive tender is rising ( 15 per cent in 2016 to 22 per cent in 2017 and then 23 per cent in 2018 ). There seem to be ever-increasing hurdles in order to do business with the government if you’re a small supplier.

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Select GCR

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, managed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts office, supports minority-owned businesses in public procurement. She founded Cole Chemical in 1980 with just $5000 and grew it to exceed $14 million in sales by 2018. Take Donna Fujimoto Cole, for instance.

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Publishing, Print, Design & Associated Services (PPDAS) 2018 The optional 2-year extension option has been taken up for this Category A framework for Procurement – publishing, print and design (PPDAS) is now due to expire on 30 September 2025. Initial contracts meetings have been held with all suppliers.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I was invited to provide an entry on ‘public procurement’ for the forthcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of European Law co-edited by Andrea Biondi and Oana Stefan. things going on in procurement. Public Procurement I. Below is my draft entry with perhaps an eclectic choice of content.

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Public Procurement Intl

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Understanding the Kolin Decision Jean Heilman Grier As Jean Heilman Grier pointed out in her thoughtful commentary, the Kolin decision may pose a more serious threat to free markets than the EU’s recent measures to boost EU vendors’ access to foreign procurement markets, the International Procurement Instrument and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

DAMEPL setting aside an INR 3000 crore award (roughly USD 341 million) prompted the Ministry of Finance ( Ministry ) to issue an Office Memorandum setting out Guidelines for Arbitration and Mediation in Contracts of Domestic Public Procurement ( Guidelines ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

DAMEPL setting aside an INR 3000 crore award (roughly USD 341 million) prompted the Ministry of Finance ( Ministry ) to issue an Office Memorandum setting out Guidelines for Arbitration and Mediation in Contracts of Domestic Public Procurement ( Guidelines ).

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