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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

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While these frameworks simplify procurement and reduce administrative burdens, their extensive use has inadvertently limited the scope of competition, reducing the pool of prospective bidders and leaving new suppliers unable to access opportunities. Reducing administrative burdens for SMEs is another vital step in levelling the playing field.

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Digital procurement, PPDS and multi-speed datafication -- some thoughts on the March 2023 PPDS Communication

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By the end of 2024, all participating national publication portals would be connected, historic data published at EU level integrated and the analytics toolkit expanded. From that perspective, the incentives for PPDS participation for any given Member State may be quite warped or internally contradictory.