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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

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To do this properly, then the shed should be assessed via the award criteria. However, the maintenance shed is not subject to any specific award criteria, although it can be argued it is part of the price criterion. So far, so good. Or so it would seem at first glance. There are a couple of problems here.

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Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

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For example, assessment summaries must be provided before the contract award notice is published and unsuccessful bidders will receive assessment summaries for both their tender and the successful bidder. The guidance is intended to provide technical insights and assist with interpretation and understanding of the new Act.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

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It was announced yesterday that the Portuguese train company (CP) chose a consortium headed by Alstom as the preferred bidder for its first major train procurement contract in many decades. The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. First, it breaches art 34 TFEU.

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The Public Procurement Glossary

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Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins. Public procurement emphasises how public organisations buy goods and services. It is like shopping but on a bigger scale. This includes buying office supplies, building roads or hiring services.

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

European Law: Public Procurement

In its Judgment of 4 October 2012 in case C‑629/11 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (ESP-ISEP) , the Court of Justice has issued another interesting decision on what should be considered sufficient debriefing of disappointed bidders in public procurement procedures. 1) (‘the Financial Regulation’).

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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

The crucial risk the AI PPN seems to be concerned with relates to generative AI ‘hallucinations’, as it includes background information highlighting that: ‘Content created with the support of Large Language Models (LLMs) may include inaccurate or misleading statements; where statements, facts or references appear plausible, but are in fact false.

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