VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

Direct Award - Whilst there are some new grounds for direct awards, the main changes relate to the process. This guidance note sets out the process for directly awarding a contract under the Act plus information on the new Transparency Notice and standstill period which will be mandatory for most direct awards.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Can everything be green?

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 7, 2023

The lack of data on climate-related public spending significantly limits the ability to evaluate it and prevents an accurate understanding of the associated fiscal risks. However, green public financial management (PFM) practices are still incipient in most countries in the region.

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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. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years. Transparency is key.

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VWV

AUGUST 29, 2024

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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VWV

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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?

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