Midlothian Council in eastern Scotland has launched a full investigation into alleged procurement irregularities which led to £2.1M being awarded … More
Tag: Public Procurement
Competition Rules – Mastering State Aid, Public Procurement & PPPs
Delighted to be here in Paris co-delivering ETCP‘s Competition Rules public impact training seminar with my Lithuanian colleague, Ignas Paukstys, … More
New OJEU thresholds for the New Year
The European Commission has published new thresholds for the application of the for the Public Contract, Concessions and Utilities Directives … More
New OJEU thresholds for the New Year
The European Commission has published new thresholds for the application of the for the Public Contract, Concessions and Utilities Directives … More
UK Government publishes Anti-Corruption Strategy
The UK’s Department for International Development and the Home Office have jointly published the UK’s Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2017- 2022 … More
NGO: Timber certification schemes ‘not protecting forests’
Timber accreditation schemes are failing to protect tropical forests, according to campaign group Global Canopy. The NGO said firms should … More
TfL shortlists four firms to design and build a new generation of trains for the Docklands Light Railway
Transport for London (TfL) has issued an Invitation to Negotiate, or ITN, to four bidders as part of its procurement … More
German and Austrian transport operators plan joint tram procurement
Several transport operators from both Germany and Austria have combined to form a single project group named VDV TramTrain, to jointly order … More
Competition | Controlling Public Procurement, State Aid and PPPs
Arfon Consulting Ltd’s MD, Alun Williams, arrived in Prague today in order to co-deliver the European Training Centre Paris (ETCP)’s training seminar … More
Registration now open for the 5th Public Sector Procurement Summit
The fifth Public Sector Procurement Summit will welcome 200+ public sector procurement and commercial professionals, with the aim of determining … More
What next for UK public procurement after Brexit?
Image © iStock Whilst the Government has said it will ensure that the UK will remain part of the World Trade … More
Supply chain transparency the key to tackling modern slavery
Revelations of labour abuses at Italian tomato farms supplying UK supermarkets have highlighted the vulnerability of supply chains to modern … More
ECJ rules that a commercial company wholly owned by a contracting authority can be subject to procurement law
On 5th October 2017, the European Court of Justice gave its ruling in the case of LitSpecMet UAB v Vilniaus Iokomotyvu … More
Government publishes updated Modern Slavery guidance
Earlier this month the UK Government published updated guidance updated guidance on the reporting obligation set out in section 54 … More
Joint and several liability in #publicprocurement exercises. Right? Not always!
Given the wide ranging and often complex nature of some contracts advertised by the public sector in the Official Journal … More
