How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Introduction From up close, public procurement law can be seen as the set of mostly procedural rules controlling the way in which the public sector buys goods, services, and works from the market. This is an area where EU law has recently generated significant developments.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Framework agreements are a useful tool for procuring common goods, services and works. A list of the relevant CPV codes can be found in the Contract or Tender Notice and supporting documentation. The total anticipated value of the framework must be advertised in the Contract or Tender Notice.

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 24, 2023

Let’s imagine that A, a party with several existing FTAs with third countries covering procurement, manages to negotiate the first FTA signed by B liberalising the latter’s procurement markets.

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MAY 19, 2021

The public procurement rules recognise there are certain circumstances when public bodies, including universities, can derogate from the general principle of advertising and tendering contract opportunities and directly award a contract. The two key derogations relate to the direct award of new contracts and modifying existing contracts.

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