#PublicProcurement: Stronger support for environmental, social, innovation goals. Proposal makes the Best Price-Quality Ratio the standard award method,with quality criteria accounting for 30% (50% for labour-intensive contracts), subject to a comply or explain mechanism ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Estonian parliament to examine defence procurement and financial management #defence #Estonia #publicprocurement

EU plan would shut Swiss firms out of innovation procurement #EU #publicprocurement #Switzerland

The European Commission @ec.europa.eu @steph-sejourne.bsky.social presented today its proposal for a new EU #PublicProcurement Regulation.

CER warmly welcomes the pragmatic approach to a simpler, more harmonised & future-oriented procurement framework.

Read the news📝 cer.be/cer-press-re...

The new #PublicProcurement Act proposal recognises importance of food procurement & organic, and moves away from lowest price criterion as the default.

Now we need ambition to make sustainable food procurement the easiest option across the EU.

🔗 www.organicseurope.bio/news/the-pub...

Okay well I had hoped for standard contracts or something like that for #opensource procurement, instead it’s sixty pages of public authorities and references, but I guess there’s an idea for amendments. #publicprocurement

Refresh your browser tabs: the annexes are out: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications/proposal-regulation-public-contracts-and-concessions_en #publicprocurement #opensource

Okayokay, not to get carried away, but some of the stuff that I thought was already possible with the text seen in July, has now been actually made explicit and added? #publicprocurement #opensource #publicprocurementact

Tampere dismisses manager over ice rink financial irregularities #HakametsäIceHall #publicprocurement #Tampere

The Palmdale City Council has hit the brakes on a massive $30.6 million library renovation after members received a staggering 2,562 pages of procurement documents just hours before their meeting.

Get the details!

#PalmdaleCityLosAngelesCounty #CA #CivicAccountability #PublicProcurement

📢 New procurement opportunity

Cedefop is seeking voice telephony services for the Agency’s PaBX. 📞

Interested economic operators can express their interest by 22 September 2026.

🔗 https://link.europa.eu/3Wq3Cp

#PublicProcurement #Telecommunications

Register now for the new #EU4Advice & #COREnet #Advisinar: "Public procurement for schools and the role of SFSCs." Mon 21 Sept, 10:00–11:15 CET, online, with @ec.europa.eu JRC experts and case studies from Ireland, Italy & Portugal.
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#PublicProcurement #SFSC

Carinthia secures 12 million euros from construction cartel #Carinthia #constructioncartel #publicprocurement

This is that "vendor lock-in" problem you may have heard about

Recent report from the SITC Committee committees.parliament.uk/committee/13...

Particularly egregious because it's Palantir, obv

#techpolicy #publicprocurement

Government targets procurement in push for budget surplus #fiscalpolicy #publicprocurement #statebudget

Public money and EU funds financed renovation projects in Bucharest where 200 Vietnamese construction workers lived in overcrowded containers, worked up to 60-hour weeks and earned less than €600 a month.

EU #PublicProcurement rules should promote responsible business models.

#Limitsubcontracting

San Diego City Council has approved a controversial one-year extension of its Cartograph contract with OpenGov, raising questions about procurement practices and oversight.

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#SanDiegoCitySanDiegoCounty #CA #CivicAccountability #PublicProcurement #CitizenPortal