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Regional Public Procurement Bodies Commit to Sharing EU Audit Results
Sep 29, 2017
Visegrád Group (V4) countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – as well as Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia, have attended a joint meeting called by the Hungarian Public Procurement Authority. The public procurement bodies representing each country have signed a ‘declaration...
An e-Library for Accessing Best Practice Public Procurement Across the EU
Sep 29, 2017
Next month the European Commission intends to release a new tool for sharing good practices and solutions to common public procurement challenges, to improve the compliance and quality of public procurement across the EU. A special workshop “Procurement for better results: sharing of good...
Direct Awards of Public Works in Portugal
Sep 29, 2017
Lisbon City Council has been investigated by a Portuguese newspaper for the direct award of a €5.179.873,44 public works project to one of the largest construction companies in the country. The contract is for the repair of the Miradouro de Sao Pedro de Alcantara, one of the city’s scenic...
Postal Service Customer Files $50,000 PSBCA Appeal Over Lost Mail
Sep 27, 2017
A dissatisfied U.S. Postal Service customer filed an appeal with the Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals, seeking $50,000 in damages resulting from the Postal Service’s failure to deliver a Priority Mail package.
The appellant contended that it had a contract with the Postal Service, which...
EU Thresholds – A Candid View and Some Common Questions
Sep 27, 2017
We read with interest the other week “The EU’s public procurement inception error” a blog by Dr Pedro Telles over on his excellent Telles.eu site. A Senior Lecturer in Law at Swansea University, UK, we have read all of his works on the public procurement podcasts where he interviews various...
Is Innovative Procurement the Answer to Budgetary Constraints?
Sep 26, 2017
As agencies continue to feel pressure to modernize their aging infrastructure, and find other avenues for completing their respective missions with restrained funding, several areas of interesting solutions seem to be working their way across government.
As blogged by Steve Kelman on Federal...
How Big is YOUR Procurement Team—And Can You Really Justify It?
Sep 26, 2017
I’ve always held the view that as a Procurement leader you must be able to demonstrate value – and to me that includes the cost of your team vs. the savings, cost reductions efficiencies and business improvements you look to achieve. Essentially a good return on investment.
Lately, however,...
Corrupt Procurement Consultant Gets Six Years in Prison For World Bank Fraud
Sep 25, 2017
Last week, Wassim Tappuni was sentenced in London to 6 years in prison after being found guilty of 13 fraud charges following a trial at Southwark Crown Court in July.
Prosecutor Mukul Chawla, QC, said: “Mr Tappuni was convicted on 25 July of this year of 13 offences of conspiracy to corrupt....
SmallGovCon Week In Review: September 18-22, 2017
Sep 22, 2017
Greetings from Omaha, where I’ve just wrapped up a great half-day training session sponsored by the Nebraska PTAC. If you haven’t been to Omaha, you’re missing out: I’m enjoying exploring the Old Market District, and keep wondering when I’ll run into Warren Buffett.
Of course, I’m...
Government and Business Transparency
Sep 22, 2017
Recently, government agencies and programs have begun to realize that transparency would benefit their respective missions. The American public are more likely to support these agencies and programs if their agendas were more straight forward. In order to achieve this transparency, government...
Better Transparency and Fairer Competition in Public Procurement for Moldova
Sep 21, 2017
The Moldovan Public Procurement Development Strategy 2016-2020 is now in a testing phase and is due to become fully operational in 2018. eProcurement will then become mandatory for public bodies. A tool called MTender has been developed to ensure transparency at all stages of the procurement...
Ukraine Should Steer Clear of Excessive Regulations of NGOs
Sep 21, 2017
An opinion piece in the EU Observer this week calls for help in urging the Ukraine government to abandon requirements for non-government organisations to prepare extensive, what it calls, onerous, public reports about their funding and financial activities. It asks that the European Union, and...
