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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

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More recently, and in line with developments in other jurisdictions, procurement has been increasingly singled out as a tool to promote environmental and sustainability goals, as well as social goals, or as a tool to foster innovation. Overall, EU procurement law offers a diverse toolkit for public buyers to embed sustainability requirements.

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Converting a Procurement from Sealed Bidding to Competitive Proposals

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19, 2023, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) held that the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) had made an impermissible conversion to competitive proposals (negotiated procurement) and sustained a protest. In Great Lakes Dredge & Drydock Co., LLC, B-421676.4, FAR 14.404-1(e)(2).

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