How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It is rather more plausible for the tender and contract to seek to bind the technology provider to practices and procedures seeking to ensure high levels of cyber security (by reference to some relevant metrics, where they are available), as well as protocols and mechanisms to anticipate and react to any (potential) security breaches.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Government procurement is estimated to be responsible for 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions , according to a report by Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum. A star indicates requirements included in the EU’s green criteria for furniture. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier.

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VWV

JANUARY 4, 2021

For example, procurement notices will be published on the Find a Tender service , rather than the Official Journal of the European Union. The UK Government recently launched a consultation on reforming the procurement rules to speed up and simplify procurement processes, so keep any eye out for more significant changes later this year!

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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. In a few pre-tender market consultations, we came out with demanding GPP criteria.

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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. All Dutch authorities must publish their above-the-threshold tenders via the TenderNed platform , so businesses can access all public data and documents from a single webpage.

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