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Some updates on the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

Over the weekend it was news in Portugal that the tender for 117 trains had been challenged in court by CAF and Stadler, two of the economic operators which presented themselves. In and of itself, this is unsurprising since by default most tenders in Portugal are challenged in the courts since it is relatively cheap and easy to do so.

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Cracking the State aid individual economic advantage requirement on the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

On my previous post about *that* train tender in Portugal, I argued that it was quite possible the contract involved a State Aid angle but stopped short of making a more definitive or certain claim. So why would the others miss the opportunity that the Alstom-led consortium spotted? But the coincidences do not end there.

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DoD raises formal performance concerns on multibillion dollar moving contract

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Open Contracting Partnership

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