25 million euros plus contract for streets of sector 5 won by company in debt
A contract of 97.23 million lei (about 25 million euros), without VAT, on rehabilitation of sector 5′s street infrastructure was won by Dioma International Exim SRL, a company that appears in the...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger signs ‘critical’ California lottery bills
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week put his signature to two bills that would ‘modernize’ the state lottery by allowing higher jackpots, as well as authorizing the cash-strapped state...
View ArticleNations must ‘upgrade anticorruption systems’
Countries will need to become more vigilant against corruption in order to attract long-term investment once the current financial crises has abated, said an anticorruption expert from...
View ArticleTories regurgitate open source opportunism
The Conservative Party’s endorsement of Open Source software has started looking tired now they have repeated it for the third time in two years without actually committing it to policy. Tech...
View ArticlePublic procurement : Commission recognises need for accelerated procurement...
In its conclusions of 12 December the European Council invited the Commission to adopt a number of measures in response to the financial crisis. The public procurement Directive 2004/18/EC allows...
View ArticlePublic projects should help British firms
Britain should never approve major public procurement projects in key areas such as transport and energy without ensuring there are “supply-chain opportunities” for British companies, Lord Mandelson...
View ArticleFollowing the european public tenders : Govex launches GovexEurope.com
Govex, your solution for public tenders, just launched the european site where you can subscribe for 1 to 27 countries and follow the public tenders in your activity from the Official Journal of the...
View ArticleValue of public procurements rises one-third
Budapest – The number of public procurement procedures in the first half of the year was about the same, but their value rose by one-third, Lajos Berényi, chairman of the Public Procurement Council,...
View ArticleGovernment public procurement website scraps fees
UK – Small businesses will be able to maximise their chances of winning £175 billion of public contracts online following the Government’s decision to scrap its policy of charging up to £180 per year...
View ArticleBeating the downturn with public-sector contracts
Public sector contracts offer a much-needed new revenue stream for SMEs. Battered by rapidly shrinking private sector spending, many small and medium sized businesses are turning to government bodies...
View ArticleMore outsourcing is not always the right answer to public spending pressures
As public bodies, and local authorities in particular, wake up to the reality of operating on severely-reduced budgets, there is inevitably a loud chorus for more traditional outsourcing to the...
View ArticleAttention, votre blog des marchés publics change de nom et d’adresse
Chers lecteurs, de profonds changements ont été réalisés ce week-end pour mieux vous servir à l’avenir. Tout d’abord, ce blog va peu à peu se transformer en portail avec un tout nouveau nom :...
View ArticleHow business can get a piece of the public sector action
By Nick Sturge – Here in Bristol (UK) we know more than most the economic spin offs that come from the public sector – as the engine room of the South West, Bristol has always had regional government...
View ArticleBus industry to be investigated over high fares and poor service
UK – The Office for Fair Trading (OFT) has referred local bus services to the Competition Commission after finding that limited competition pushed fares up by almost a tenth. The watchdog said the...
View ArticleE-Learning : “Keys To Successful Government Contracting”
Keys To Successful Government Contracting Seminar Helpful for Local Small Businesses – Nearly 100 people attended Keys To Successful Government Contracting seminar held in the Chamber’s Market House...
View ArticleDoing business with the European Commission
The European Commission is the executive arm of the European Union: it administrates the EU budget and supervises the implementation of common policies. To carry out its tasks, the European Commission...
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