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Handle with Care: Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notices.
Background The EU Procurement Directives make provision for certain very limited situations where a contracting authority may award contracts without advertised competition. These are set out at Article 32 (2)-(5) of Directive 2014/24/EU (Public Sector), and Article 50 (a)-(j) of the Utilities Directive and Article 31 (4) and (5) of the Concessions Directive. Those situations […] >
Direct Award of Contracts Without Advertised Competition
Lessons from Ferrygate and knowing when you’re on Thin Ice. This is a salutary case for public procurement officials which underlines the commercial and reputational risks inherent in awarding public contracts without advertised competition. While lacking the detail of a fully reported court case, there is still enough information in the public domain to gain […] >
“Light Touch” Procurement Procedures
Background The recitals to Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU set out reasons for excluding certain social, health, educational and other specified services from their full scope and for applying higher thresholds of €750,000 and €1,000,000 respectively before OJEU advertisement of these requirements is mandated. The Directives go on to specify the services subject to this so-called […] >
A Must Read…
Written by Peter Brennan and Joanne Gillen, this book explains how buyers and suppliers can take full advantage of a procurement market worth €90 billion over the next five years.>
