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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

JULY 3, 2023

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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Tender Bidder Manufacturing Award Criteria

Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

JUNE 14, 2023

The procurement procedure was launched in December 2021 and adopted a MEAT approach for the award criteria. This criterion was then further refined with sub-criteria and a 0-100 scaling system. In this particular case, it is once more evident that an award criterion rewarding the manufacturing of trains in Portugal is illegal.

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Did you use AI to write this tender? What? Just asking! -- Also, how will you use AI to deliver this contract?

How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 26, 2024

Second, there is the issue of tenderers using (generative) AI to write or design their tenders. Third, there is the issue of the use of AI by contracting authorities, eg in relation to qualitative selection/exclusion, or evaluation/award decisions. Slightly simplifying, there are three broad areas of AI-procurement interaction.

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Tender Contract Bidding Supplier

Who Are the Key Players in Public Procurement?

Tracker Intelligence

MARCH 16, 2025

Through customised insights and tender notifications that link them to public sector contract possibilities and government procurement organisations, Tracker Intelligence assists suppliers in navigating this difficult market. They combine demand from many councils, resulting in economies of scale and easier access to contracts for suppliers.

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Public Procurement Procurement Tender Eprocurement

The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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. Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins.

Public Procurement

Public Procurement Procurement Supplier Tender

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

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the Kun Jarygy coalition’s first year, they detected 270 purchases with violations, resulting in five criminal cases and KZT 11.38 And the media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million. The media outlet ProTenge has stopped suspicious purchases worth at least US$3 million.

Procurement

Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption

Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

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.

Procurement

Procurement Tender Buyers Contract

Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

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.

Data

Data Tender Procurement E-procurement

Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

VWV

AUGUST 20, 2024

Transitional and Saving Arrangements - This sets out the transitional arrangements for existing procurements, framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems, which will generally continue under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and guidance for deciding when the Act applies to new procurements. The guidance note also covers notices.

Procurement

Procurement Bidder Tender Supplier

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

Mercell

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Negometrix will deliver the software solution, that will be used by all public authorities such as cities, provinces, ministries, hospitals, utilities and others for purchasing goods, services and supplies completely electronically. The awarding criteria was 60% on quality and 40% on price.

E-catalogue

E-catalogue E-procurement Procurement Tender

Risk of anti-competitive collusion after excessive level of transparency in public procurement debriefing?

European Law: Public Procurement

OCTOBER 8, 2012

22 Similarly, the contracting authority is not under an obligation to provide an unsuccessful tenderer, upon written request from it, with a full copy of the evaluation report (see order of 20 September 2011 in Case C‑561/10 P Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission, paragraph 25).

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Collusion Public Procurement Transparency Tender

Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Yet, many governments have not introduced policies and procedures for buying greener and even where it is possible to use green criteria for purchasing, many procurement officers are unsure of how to include them. A star indicates requirements included in the EU’s green criteria for furniture.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics

Fair-trade coffee and tea under the procurement directive

European Law: Public Procurement

MAY 11, 2012

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?

Procurement

Procurement Award Criteria Public Procurement Manufacturing

How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The city government of Klaipeda runs the Dancer bus service through a comprehensive, 10-year lease agreement that is the first purchase of its kind in the country, a result of Lithuania’s shift to using green criteria for public contracts. In a few pre-tender market consultations, we came out with demanding GPP criteria.

Procurement

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement

Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Trending Sources

Did you use AI to write this tender? What? Just asking! -- Also, how will you use AI to deliver this contract?

Who Are the Key Players in Public Procurement?

The Public Procurement Glossary

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

Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

Key guidance notes released in build up to Procurement Act 2023

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

Risk of anti-competitive collusion after excessive level of transparency in public procurement debriefing?

Using AI for green procurement

Fair-trade coffee and tea under the procurement directive

How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

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