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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

To do this properly, then the shed should be assessed via the award criteria. However, the maintenance shed is not subject to any specific award criteria, although it can be argued it is part of the price criterion.

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Why the tender for 117 new trains in Portugal is illegal

Telles.eu

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. This criterion was then further refined with sub-criteria and a 0-100 scaling system.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The Government is now moving beyond measuring outputs like the use of green criteria to focus on the outcomes from better procurement, such as reducing Lithuania’s carbon footprint, working with OCP and Kaunas Technology University. The reformers share their top tips on implementing green procurement here.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

In the EU, the TED data was somewhat incomplete; for example, in 2022, about 75% of the 7,817 procurement notices contained technical criteria (the rest expressed these criteria in separate documents that would have needed to be downloaded from individual procurement authority’s websites), and only about 50% contained non-price award criteria.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

First, they need to help drive large-scale and unprecedented changes in the energy, construction, industry, transportation, agriculture, and other sectors. This objective implies two major challenges for finance ministries.

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