EU regulation plan ‘would not work’_3
18 July 2012
A European Union plan to give public bodies the right to dictate terms to private-sector subcontractors has come under fire from the UK government’s procurement advisers.
A senior figure at the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) said trying to regulate the whole of the private sector through public spending would not work.
The European Parliament has initially approved a proposal that would allow existing powers for public-sector bodies to put demands on contractors to be extended to subcontractors.
John Colling, director...