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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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Understanding the new Procurement Act 2023: What suppliers need to know - Part 2

VWV

In practice, this is unlikely to have a significant impact on the award criteria. What changes will I see to the decision to award a contract? Unsuccessful suppliers will receive a further explanation of why they are not being awarded the contract as well as how the winning supplier scored against the award criteria.

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Update on Timing for Public Procurement Reforms

VWV

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? This has now been delayed.

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Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

VWV

Contract Award Notices and Standstill - The mandatory standstill period is changing under the Act, from 10 calendar days to 8 working days.

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Frameworks under the Procurement Act - FAQs

VWV

This means there should be no substantial amendments to the tender or transparency notice or to the award criteria for the award of the framework. New suppliers can be added to the framework when it is opened to help promote competition, provided the framework is on substantially the same terms.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

Opportunity #5: Public Investment in the Face of Climate Change To address the climate crisis, it is necessary to spend between 2% and 8% of GDP on the provision of infrastructure services.

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Did you use AI to write this tender? What? Just asking! -- Also, how will you use AI to deliver this contract?

How to Crack a Nut

This is information that will either relate to the technical specifications, award criteria or performance clauses (or all of them) and there is no meaningful way in which AI could be used to deliver the contract without this having an impact on the assessment and evaluation of the tender.

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