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Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

VWV

As part of the roll out of the new Procurement Act 2023 (the Act), the Cabinet Office is releasing a suite of 38 guidance documents. Contract Award Notices and Standstill - The mandatory standstill period is changing under the Act, from 10 calendar days to 8 working days. The guidance note also covers notices.

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

Open Contracting Partnership

In the Kun Jarygy coalition’s first year, they detected 270 purchases with violations, resulting in five criminal cases and KZT 11.38 And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. The media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million.

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The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

Call-Off Contract A call-off contract is used when an organisation purchases goods or services from a framework agreement. Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins. E-Procurement It is the digital way of handling public purchasing.

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Who Are the Key Players in Public Procurement?

Tracker Intelligence

Understanding Public Procurement in the UK The process by which public sector organisations purchase products, services, and labour is known as public procurement. One important step in changing public procurement is the recently adopted Procurement Act 2023 , which supersedes the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

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. In this particular case, it is once more evident that an award criterion rewarding the manufacturing of trains in Portugal is illegal.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge : In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. In 2023, the LPPO added a set of key sustainability performance indicators to its procurement dashboard.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Yet, many governments have not introduced policies and procedures for buying greener and even where it is possible to use green criteria for purchasing, many procurement officers are unsure of how to include them. In the Dominican Republic, only 290 purchases could be analyzed.