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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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

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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Public Procurement Procurement Award Criteria Procurement Team 52

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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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

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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Procurement Tender Buyers Contract 52

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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Procurement Bidder Tender Supplier 52

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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Procurement Tender Framework Agreement Supplier 52

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

It is very hard to know what data has been used to train a model and economic operators using ‘off-the-shelf’ generative AI solutions will hardly be in a position to assess themselves, or provide any meaningful information, to contracting authorities. And, in any case, this is not only an issue for future contracts. How to deal with it? —

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