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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.
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Details of current UK PublicProcurementThresholds for different types of goods, works and services. Thresholds in effect from 1 January 2022. The post UK PublicProcurementThresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.
Details of current EU PublicProcurementThresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post EU PublicProcurementThresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.
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Details of current UK PublicProcurementThresholds for different types of goods, works and services. Thresholds in effect from 1 January 2022. The post UK PublicProcurementThresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.
Details of current EU PublicProcurementThresholds for different types of goods, works and services. The post EU PublicProcurementThresholds appeared first on Tenders Direct Blog.
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I think it is appropriate to look into his legacy of 8 years as PM in the field of publicprocurement. As for the 2017 transposition I do not have much to say, but I did say a lot about what was happening below-thresholds. But fashionably late it was nonetheless.
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A practical method for curtailing this problem is creating bidding roadmaps and guides on procurement processes including; how they work and describing the different thresholds and regulations. This varies from one government body to another, making planning and applying for other tenders unpredictable.
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