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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

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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. Let's start with what is in the tender documentation, shall we? Tender documentation The object of the contract is to purchase 117 sets and a maintenance shed for them.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

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on average in 2021 to 10.23 in 2021 to 4.2 Failed competitive tenderswhich previously offered a loophole for buyers to resort to direct awardshave dropped from 52% of the value of public tenders in 2018 to around 3% in 2022 to 2024. From a single source for failed competitive tenders, billion tenge 417.2

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

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The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. This criterion was then further refined with sub-criteria and a 0-100 scaling system. This is for two reasons.

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

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Since 2021, cases of corruption and other irregularities detected by the group Adildik Joly have led to fines worth KZT 244 million (~US$511,000), as well as 66 criminal cases, and 1100 administrative protocols (formal warnings to civil servants). million (~US$24,000) were returned to the budget. Professionalizing procurement.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

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Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. Importantly, all previous procurement that used specific green criteria can be listed and accessed in the platform, enabling contracting authorities to learn from one another.

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Procurement, State Aid, and the Brexit Transition - What Happens Now?

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For example, procurement notices will be published on the Find a Tender service , rather than the Official Journal of the European Union. The EU State aid regime together with any exemptions that applied are revoked by legislation with effect from 1 January 2021. The current procurement thresholds will remain in force.