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More on EU Public Procurement Stats 2018
In a previous post I looked at some figures for EU-level public procurement activity undertaken by Irish contracting authorities in 2018. In this post I will look at the overall figures for the EU 27 as a whole in 2018. The following is a summary of the main figures: Comment: The overall scale of activity […] >
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 […] >
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.>
