VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

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. Direct Award - Whilst there are some new grounds for direct awards, the main changes relate to the process. Light Touch Contracts - The way light touch contracts are treated has changed.

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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. 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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VWV

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement represents a radical change to the UK procurement laws which promises consolidation of the current public procurement framework, greater flexibility in the procurement process and award criteria and increased transparency. When Will This Come Into Effect?

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

They are also working on tools to help contracting authorities to analyze their own data, for example, to monitor the average lead time of their tenders, or decide which award criteria to use when preparing a tender. Transparency is key.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While the e-procurement system doesn’t include the quasi-governmental sector and sovereign wealth fund (which aren’t governed by the public procurement law) it provides full transparency on the general procurement market which accounts for at least a third of Kazakhstan’s public spending.

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