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EC deadline for e-procurement is laughable

April 30, 2012

In an exclusive for SM, I would like to announce I am setting the deadline of 27 August 2015 to be when I am the first person to set foot on Mars.

I am just as likely to meet this target as the European Commission is to achieve its goal that all public sector procurement will be carried out electronically by mid-2016.

The Commission describes the target as “ambitious”. I would describe it as laughable. (more…)

All change in public procurement

March 28, 2012

It’s all change in public procurement. The wide range reforms proposed by the European Commission, expected to result in a new directive by 2014, make fundamental changes to the way in which public purchasers will go about their daily lives. (more…)