VWV

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act) introduces a range of reforms aimed at simplifying and enhancing transparency in the procurement process, which should be good news for suppliers. Suppliers may remain on this list for up to 5 years and will be unable to bid for public contracts during that time.

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Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 16, 2025

In the general public procurement market (valued at around US$19 billion annually), direct awards have dropped from 81% of the value of all procedures in 2017 to 23.5% New suppliers are entering the market and bidding more actively too. The number of suppliers per buyer increased from 8.0 on average in 2021 to 10.23 in 2021 to 4.2

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Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Key Principles Of Public Procurement Transparency: Clear and Open Processes Public contracts aren’t handed out in secret. A contract notice makes sure everyone knows what’s up for grabs, who’s bidding, and how decisions are made. Tendering and Bidding A contract notice is published, inviting suppliers to submit bids.

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European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Reading the Evropaïki Dynamiki (ESP-ISEP) Judgment, one cannot but wonder if EU public procurement rules do not still impose an excessive degree of transparency in the debriefing of disappointed bidders. On the other hand, for all other criteria, Evropaïki Dynamiki’s tender was less well ranked than that of the successful tenderer.

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Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

Procurement laws in the United Kingdom are intended to guarantee value for money, competition, and transparency. Suppliers can participate in competitive dialogue to bid for defence and security contracts within the UK public sector. Effective tendering in public procurement is also often a case of meeting accreditation criteria (e.g.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

It recognises that there ‘are potential benefits to suppliers using AI to develop their bids, enabling them to bid for a greater number of public contracts. While the AI PPN seems to try not to single out the use of generative AI as potentially problematic by equating it to the possible use of (human) bid writers, this is unconvincing.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. Transparency is key. Besides core fields, TenderNed uses some of the recommended extensions as well, including lots and bid statistics and details.

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