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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

When I published my first entry into the Portuguese train tender , I received an email tipping me off to a potential other issue with it. Let's start with what is in the tender documentation, shall we? Tender documentation The object of the contract is to purchase 117 sets and a maintenance shed for them.

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How Kazakhstan is combating non-competitive procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Failed competitive tenderswhich previously offered a loophole for buyers to resort to direct awardshave dropped from 52% of the value of public tenders in 2018 to around 3% in 2022 to 2024. This undermines business confidence, leading to low competition and higher prices for goods and services. more than the same period in 2023.

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The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

Tendering and Bidding A contract notice is published, inviting suppliers to submit bids. Awarding the Contract The winning supplier is selected based on clear criteria, ensuring fair and competitive procurement. It outlines pricing, service quality and other key details.

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Dutch software company Negometrix to develop the national procurement system for all Bulgarian Public Entities

Mercell

The awarded contract worth € 2,4 million was a result of an extensive European tendering procedure which took almost 1 year. The awarding criteria was 60% on quality and 40% on price. It underlines our leadership in the domain of designing and developing public tendering solutions in Europe.

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Fair-trade coffee and tea under the procurement directive

European Law: Public Procurement

In 2008, the Dutch province of North Holland announced in a tendering procedure that it wished to procure coffee machines and the products necessary to make them function (coffee, tea, sugar, milk, cups). Technical specifications or contract performance conditions?

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

The media organization ProTenge, which exposed tenders to buy books and publish articles about the ex-President that were subsequently canceled. Civic procurement monitoring in Kazakhstan at a glance Members of Kun Jarygy have monitored 1,222 tenders worth KZT 346 billion (~US$725 million) in the coalition’s first year.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

A star indicates requirements included in the EU’s green criteria for furniture. EU Member States must publish their procurement notices to Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) , so we used TED data to rank the product groups by number of procurement notices, to produce a shortlist of product groups to investigate.