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Enhancing Competition in Public Procurement: Lessons from the NAO Report

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Without competitive bidding, prices go up, and the quality of goods and services languishes. 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.

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

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prices) ’ (at 7, fn 17). Given the undoubted value of harnessing procurement data, I sense that Member States will progress domestically, but primarily in specific settings such as that of their central purchasing bodies (see here ). However, whether they will be onboarded into PPDS as enthusiastic members seems less likely.