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

Open Contracting Partnership

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. Professionalizing procurement.

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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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Who Are the Key Players in Public Procurement?

Tracker Intelligence

National Audit Office (NAO) The National Audit Office (NAO) ensures accountability in government procurement by auditing public sector spending. Best Practices for Tendering Supplier’s main priorities should be to understand award criteria such as Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) and to prove social value.

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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?