Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. This is now coming to public procurement as well.

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Bestek Procurement

JANUARY 6, 2025

We are pleased to welcome from 1st January 2025 Dr. Ezgi Uysal as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on our Purchase Power Sustainable Public Procurement through Private Law Enforcement (PurpLE) Project. Her work focuses on public procurement, contract law, and sustainability.

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Public Procurement Intl

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Eastern , join a GW Law presentation online by GW Law student Justin Duffy (Class of 2025) on reverse auctions across the U.S. On Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 6 p.m.

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VWV

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Festive Facts Countdown to change Mark your calendars - there are just 70 sleeps until 24 February 2025, the date the Act will come into force. A long road to implementation The journey to the Acts implementation started over 5 years ago with the Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement in December 2020.

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Tracker Intelligence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Competition in public procurement is not limited to financial competition; it is a key source of innovation and guarantees the fair allocation of public contracts. If not resolved quickly, these issues could lead to higher costs, less innovation and missed opportunities to improve public services.

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Public Procurement Intl

JANUARY 14, 2025

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Public Procurement Intl

APRIL 4, 2025

agencies’ exemptions from tariffs in their procurements, see the analysis compiled here. On February 21, 2025, GW Law’s Government Procurement Law Program held a webinar on rising U.S. When foreign goods are imported for sale to the U.S. regulations. For information on U.S.

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 17, 2024

Recommendations Each public body in scope of these provisions is required to undertake the following actions: by 31 August 2024, publish a retention policy statement on its website and then review and where necessary revise it by each subsequent 31 August thereafter from 20 February 2025, publish a retention policy compliance statement on its website (..)

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Scottish Government Procurement

JULY 19, 2024

The directory will also contain links to contracting authorities’ published retention policy compliance statements from 20 February 2025. Clearly that is still some way off and we will post a reminder on this channel nearer the time. For more information and access to the required templates please contact PropertyandConstruction@gov.scot.

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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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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Scottish Procurement has extended the duration of the Internet of Things (IoT) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) until 18 September 2025. The DPS offers the Scottish public sector a route to market for IoT technologies and services. 

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VWV

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Cabinet Office has advised that the go-live date for the Procurement Act 2023 has been delayed into 2025. We have now had official confirmation from the Cabinet Office that the go-live date for the Procurement Act 2023 will be delayed until 24 February 2025, almost a 4 month delay.

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How to Crack a Nut

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The UK has been in a long process of procurement law reform that was due to kick in on 28 October 2024, following a 6-month ‘go live’ notice for the Procurement Act 2023. Today, a 4-month delay has been announced and the new UK procurement rules will only enter into force on 24 February 2025 (barring any further delays).

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Scottish Government Procurement

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot Follow us online: Single speaker transcript, Nick Ford: Hi everyone. The framework is used across the Scottish public sector, generating impressive savings of £7.5

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University of Bristol

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The paper will be published in Legal Studies in due course.(*) Public procurement is concerned with the award of contracts for the supply, for pecuniary interest, of goods, services or works to the public sector. 12 goals of value for money and public benefit and s.13

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Scottish Government Procurement

JUNE 24, 2024

Further details can be found here: Vehicle hire contract 2020 to 2023 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot) Publishing, Print, Design and Associated Services (PPDAS) The existing Cat A Framework for Publishing, Print, Design and Associated Services (PPDAS) is due to expire on 30 September 2025. Early development work on the re-let has commenced.

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VWV

OCTOBER 15, 2024

With the Procurement Act 2023 now set to come into force on 24 February 2025, contracting authorities have been given an additional four-month extension to prepare. In the case of direct awards, procurements are treated as having commenced if a contracting authority has notified a supplier of its intention to direct award.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 European strategy for data ear-marked public procurement as a high priority area for the development of common European data spaces for public administrations. As the PPDS Communication stresses To unlock the full potential of public procurement, access to data and the ability to analyse it are essential.

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Nitrous: Public Procurement

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This is now recognised as vital to the public sector with the government stating that one-third of all procurement pounds must go to SMEs by 2025. Boroughs need guidance on innovative procurement practices and making tenders be more SME-friendly.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

There seemed to be some recognition of the need for more State intervention through regulation, for more regulatory control of standard-setting, and for more attention to be paid to testing and evaluation in the procurement context. Public procurement is an opportunity to put into practice how we will evaluate and use technology.’

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Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Collaborative Framework for the provision of Postal Services A Category A (National) dual-lot, dual-supplier framework for the provision of Postal Services commenced on 1 July 2021 for a maximum period of 4 years to 30 June 2025. Further information on this framework can be found here. Work on a re-let is due to commence imminently.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 19, 2025

Our Director Nick Ford returns for his first vlog of 2025! In this latest vlog, Nick provides an overview of the last quarter with achievements and updates from across the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Nick also touches on upcoming events over the next few months across the Scottish procurement community.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 6, 2025

IWD , 2025). For further information on public procurement in Scotland please visit www.gov.scot/procurement Please email enquiries to scottishprocurement@gov.scot Follow us online: Video transcript: [Voice over] International Women’s Day 2025. Voice over] Small steps can make a big change.

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Scottish Government Procurement

MARCH 27, 2025

Start preparing for Meet the Buyer National With less than three months to go to Meet the Buyer National, at Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday 4 June 2025, this is the perfect time to get you and your team ready to attend. Read on to discover the early preparations you can make for a successful event.

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Bestek Procurement

APRIL 2, 2025

Ze spreken over de brief van 4 maart 2025 die de gemeente aan de Europese Commissie heeft gestuurd naar aanleiding van de consultatie voor de nieuwe richtlijnen. Ze spreken over de brief van 4 maart 2025 die de gemeente aan de Europese Commissie heeft gestuurd naar aanleiding van de consultatie voor de nieuwe richtlijnen.

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BLP

JANUARY 17, 2025

Her specialties include Business Law, Labor & Employment, Advertising, Marketing & Consumer Protection, and Public Law, Public Procurement & Regulation. Mara Jos joined BLP as a paralegal in 2019 and was promoted to Associate in 2025.

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Scottish Government Procurement

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The UK National Go Awards take place on 21 May 2025, at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool. These awards recognise the achievement, innovations and successes that make the UK a world leader in effective public procurement. appeared first on Public Procurement and Property. Submission deadline Monday 24 March.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 7, 2025

In this case, the court concluded that the dispute was related to the performance of the contracts, not their amendment and, thus, is arbitrable.

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Open Contracting Partnership

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

As many as 90 cases of suspected fraud in public procurement were reported to the National Public Procurement Agency (LKPP) in 2021, according to an analysis by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW). Ideally, information about planned procurement procedures should be announced in the year before the project begins.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Next Steps The next reporting period under the Supply Chains Act begins on January 1, 2025. Although the filing deadline is May 31, 2025, submissions should only reflect activities from the previous financial year. The Supply Chain Act’s requirements for reports are stringent.

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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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Public Procurement Intl

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

In the first days of February 2025, the Trump administration reportedly will impose 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, and 10% tariffs on goods from China. agencies’ exemptions from tariffs in their procurements, see the analysis compiled here for an upcoming February 21, 2025 webinar on U.S. regulations.

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