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On December 9, 2024, in celebration of International Anti-Corruption Day, GW Law’s Christopher Yukins joined the International Anti-Corruption Academy to discuss IACA’s future contributions to the global efforts to prevent and fight corruption and promote compliance in publicprocurement.
Photo: Umm Al Quwain – Rainer Strehl David Drabkin and Christopher Yukins presented on October 3, 2024 at the International PublicProcurement Conference 9, a regular event which was held this year in the emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates.
The European Court of Auditors published yesterday its report on EU publicprocurement between 2011 and 2021 , looking into the competition for public contracts covered by EU rules. The problem is how to go forward from here but the time to start thinking is now.
Stockholm City Hall photo: Julian Herzog Andrea Sundstrand David Drabkin, Daniel Schoeni and Christopher Yukins spoke at the “Upphandlings-Konferensen” (“PublicProcurement Conference”) held in Stockholm on April 25-26, 2024. systems.
Tomorrow I will be participating in the 2023 EPCO publicprocurement conference, sadly not in person but only online. It is fair to say not much has changed in an year, so I still see a very limited role the technology in procurement.
Among the reform areas identified was the country’s publicprocurement system. The strategy outlined in the NACP aimed to establish a dedicated publicprocurement law and revamp existing procurement practices.
Photo credit: South African Tourism Colloquium Participants South Africa’s National Research Foundatio n (NRF) (which coordinates with the nation’s research institutions) hosted a weeklong conference, September 3-6, 2024, to discuss South Africa’s PublicProcurement Act , Act No. 28 of 2024.
At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in publicprocurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.
David Drabkin (Procurement Round Table) and Christopher Yukins (George Washington University Law School) discuss two reports done for the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC), on U.S Defense Department bid protests (bid challenges) and mandatory debarment (exclusion).
Challenge: Uganda’s publicprocurement authorities lack adequate resources and manpower to monitor many major contractors across the country’s more than 100 districts, leading to abandoned projects, missing deliverables and time and cost overruns. ” Kakonge Apollo Lee, CEO of the Western Akole Civil Society Forum.
Yesterday I looked into the main text of the draft Council of Ministers Resolution introducing mandatory green publicprocurement in Portugal. By mandating or instructing the use of specific labels or certificate it is creating an obligation for contracting authorities to violate EU publicprocurement law.
The Portuguese government is planning to introduce mandatory green publicprocurement criteria in the near future. This means the public sector in Portugal will have less than 3 months to adapt to a fairly significant change in the way it carries out publicprocurement.
As promised, you can find the (edited) slide deck for my workshop on sustainability in publicprocurement here. The essential of my view is that a broad stroke transition to mandatory sustainable procurement objectives is misguided and probably in breach of the principle of proportionality as well.
While minor deviations should not affect the substantial integrity of the procurement, it’s essential for evaluation panels to have a firm understanding of the criteria that distinguish minor from major deviations. Such clarity ensures that bid evaluations are conducted fairly, aligning with the principles of publicprocurement.
In his paper Tirole raises three main problems relevant for publicprocurement. These will now be looked into in turns on their relevance for publicprocurement. This is a concern that can be taken lock, stock and barrel from the central bank scenario to publicprocurement. Third, incentives issues.
On November 14-15, 2023, GW Law’s Professor Christopher Yukins will join the International Conference on PublicProcurement and Innovation in Africa, coordinated by Professor Geo Quinot (Stellenbosch University) and held through the National Research Foundation in Pretoria, South Africa. Chris Yukins will speak on the U.S.
Introduction In publicprocurement , effectiveness and efficiency are crucial for achieving optimal results using public resources judiciously. The interplay between these principles ensures the responsible and transparent management of public funds, crucial for meeting community needs while optimizing economic benefits.
Introduction This article is based on the review of standard bidding documents from several organizations including the World Bank , Millennium Challenge Corporation , the PublicProcurement and Concession Commission of the Republic of Liberia , and PublicProcurement Authority of Ghana.
In May 2024, we held a series of PublicProcurement Policy Training for Scotland sessions. These were run by Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP in collaboration with the Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate.
It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s publicprocurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. This is now coming to publicprocurement as well.
Albert has already done a deep dive into the Commission's recent Communication on the PublicProcurement Data Space , so for those of you that are yet to get acquainted with the Communication his blogpost is probably the best starting point. We need a new round of Directives - or if I had my way - a PublicProcurement Regulation.
We have reached one year since the launch of the PublicProcurement Strategy for Scotland (PPSfS). The strategy provides a clear vision and focused direction, supporting the whole Scottish publicprocurement community to align, to collaborate and to deliver positive outcomes with real impacts for the people of Scotland.
The abstract is as follows: EU Member States are increasingly experimenting with Artificial Intelligence (AI), but the acquisition and deployment of AI by the public sector is currently largely unregulated. This puts publicprocurement in the awkward position of a regulatory gatekeeper—a role it cannot effectively carry out.
After parts I , II and III we finally reach part IV on the purchase or leasing of vehicles (contract type - 5) For these, the Annex establishes four different award criteria and two contract performance clauses/technical specifications, with issues to be found on both, mostly due to the non-technology neutral approach to the drafting.
After the first two entries ( here and here ) of a more general nature, this one will be focused on contract specific critiques, in particular food procurement (contract types 9 and 15).
South Korea has been a pioneer of green publicprocurement (GPP) since 2005 , when the Environment Ministry enacted legislation mandating government agencies to buy “green products” whenever possible. These categories were established in a consultation process with relevant stakeholders and revised seven times.
Publicprocurement—the process where public authorities like government departments or local councils purchase goods or services from companies—is a vital economic driver in Europe, accounting for more than 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Publicprocurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. Procurement was long seen as a clerical administrative function, rather than a strategic lever. This was not always the case.
With big thanks to Oxford University Press, here is a 30% discount code for your copy of Digital Technologies and PublicProcurement. Thank you in advance for purchasing a copy or recommending the book to your institutional library.
The development of the SME and Third Sector Procurement Action Plan, as well as industry feedback, have led us to consider the accessibility of guidance and the importance of signposting.
Our CEO, Ian Makgill, recently discussed imminent AI impacts on publicprocurement in an enlightening The Trowers podcast. Rapid advances in generative language models like ChatGPT foreshadow revolutionary change ahead. Yet governments have scarcely begun responding, given the swift pace of progress.
GW Law’s Professor Yukins presented on issues of green procurement on the first day of the conference. Bid Challenges (Protests) in Croatia Ema Menđušić Škugor, PhD , Co-Managing Partner of Divjak, Topić, Bahtijarević & Krka in Zagreb, Croatia, presented on “The Mess of Redress in the Croatian PublicProcurement System.
The professional ProBI module is a report-building tool that allows advanced Qlik users to create and save their own selections and customize the appearance of reports based on all available parameters in the Prozorro procurement system.
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As ever, we like to bring a goal-driven perspective to publicprocurement. We want to look beneath the high-level conference presentations and shiny surface to give you the nuts and bolts, highlighting some specific tools and implementations where there is compelling evidence that AI is helping to streamline procurement processes.
As 2023 draws to a close, we take a look back at what has been achieved over the last year in PublicProcurement in Scotland. We asked members of the PublicProcurement Group (PPG) to summarise their sector’s 2023 achievements. You can watch the video below, or read the transcript at the bottom of the page.
The UK government's new tightened payment terms for suppliers in publicprocurement contracts signals a vital move that will have far-reaching impacts across the business landscape when bidding for contracts.
Integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) into publicprocurement processes holds significant promise for enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency, potentially reducing corruption. AI’s Role in PublicProcurement AI enhances procurement by improving decision-making and streamlining processes.
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The workshop provides an annual forum to discuss recent advances in the economic analysis of publicprocurement and to bring together economists active in the field.
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