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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (IV - vehicles)

Telles.eu

After parts I , II and III we finally reach part IV on the purchase or leasing of vehicles (contract type - 5) For these, the Annex establishes four different award criteria and two contract performance clauses/technical specifications, with issues to be found on both, mostly due to the non-technology neutral approach to the drafting.

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The principle of competition is dead. Long live the principle of competition (Free webinar)

How to Crack a Nut

Pre- or post-reading: Claire Methven O’Brien and Roberto Caranta, ‘ Due Diligence in EU Institutions' Own-Account Procurement: Rules and Practices ’ (2024) European Parliament CONT Committee Study PE 738.335, Annex II. Trygve Harlem Losnedahl, ‘The General Principle of Competition is Dead’ (2023) 2 PPLR 85-98 (£/€).

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The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

This keeps the process fair and accountable. Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins. Key Principles Of Public Procurement Transparency: Clear and Open Processes Public contracts aren’t handed out in secret.

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Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

How to Crack a Nut

Award criteria could generate (further) incentives for regulatory performance, perhaps beyond the minimum mandatory baseline. Relatedly, the difficulties in using award criteria to pursue regulatory goals stem from difficulties in the operationalisation of qualitative criteria in practice.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Affecting around 4000 public buyers, the decree defines procurement as ‘green’ if it uses green criteria, recognized certificates, ecolabels or environmental management systems for no less than 50% of total procurement value. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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Risk of anti-competitive collusion after excessive level of transparency in public procurement debriefing?

European Law: Public Procurement

On the other hand, for all other criteria, Evropaïki Dynamiki’s tender was less well ranked than that of the successful tenderer. Therefore, rules on disclosure of information should take into account their potentially restrictive or distortive effects on competition.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

Opportunity #4: Green Procurement Public procurement accounts for about 20 percent of total government spending in the region, so the contribution of green procurement policies and management to commitments under the Paris Agreement is potentially high.

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