European Union Law

EU Public Procurement: Law and Practice

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Edited by Lee Digings · Professor John Bennett
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780851219059
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Format
Loose-leaf (2 volumes)
Jurisdiction
European Union ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Providing practical guidance on all aspects of the EU public procurement legislation, EU Public Procurement: Law and Practice:

  • Deals with the latest directives and best practices in public procurement in the context of the Government’s Efficiency Review
  • Offers guidance on every aspect of EC rules and their application in the UK
  • Sets out how the legislation applies, from drawing up specifications to awarding contracts
  • Helps you to avoid the penalties of non-compliance by taking you through the procedures to be followed in relation to the awarding of contracts, qualification criteria, advertisement requirements and technical specifications
  • Covers the various forms of redress open to aggrieved contractors and the means by which the legislation can be enforced
  • Discusses the main problem areas related to public procurement, and shows how they can be avoided
    Looks at works, supplies, services and utilities
  • Covers the new EC consolidated directives
  • Includes flow diagrams to help you to understand the processes
  • Features coverage of complex procurement situations such as Public Private Partnerships and housing-led schemes
  • Discusses how to apply the rules to PFI/PPP and strategic partnering projects
  • Reproduces source materials from the UK and the EC and provides a comprehensive array of statutory and other relevant sources, including the Common Procurement Vocabulary; essential for the drawing up of all contracts
 
 
Initial price includes updating releases until year end. 2 updating releases published per annum.

Table of Contents

Public sector rules
 
  • Adopting good practice
  • Understanding what is covered
  • Choosing a procurement procedure
  • Specifying requirements
  • Advertising
  • Selecting suppliers
  • Evaluating tenders and awarding contracts
  • De-briefing suppliers and keeping records
 
Utilities rules
 
  • Introduction and background
  • Understanding what is covered
  • Choosing a procurement procedure
  • Specifying requirements
  • Advertising
  • Qualifying and selecting suppliers
  • Evaluating tenders and awarding contracts
  • De-briefing suppliers and keeping records
  • Enforcement of the utilities rules
 
Enforcement and contexts
 
  • Enforcement and the rules
  • The best value regime
  • Sustainable procurement
  • The efficiency programme in local government
 
Complex procurements
 
  • Introduction to procurement strategy
  • Public-public partnerships
  • Public-private partnerships
  • SMEs and the third sector
  • Electronic procurement
  • ICT and business process outsourcing
  • Housing and sustainable communities
 
International agreements
 
  • Bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral agreements
 
Appendices
 
  • An introduction to EU law and institutions
  • UK law and materials
  • Guidance from the UK government
  • Core EU law and materials
  • Communications from the European commission
  • Guidance from other sources
  • WTO and international law materials
  • Key procurement cases
  • Useful sources of information

Reviews

EC Public Procurement: Law and Practice should have pride of place on the bookshelf of every operator who needs to know all about the procurement law in force. - Martin Bangemann, Vice President of the Commission of the European Communities

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