Generating interest in public contracts
29 August 2012
Q:We recently advertised a public contract but it did not generate enough responses. However, we believe there are suppliers out there that might be interested but may not have seen the notice. Re-advertising may mean that we get the same suppliers respo
A: David Wright, European Commission adviser at Achilles Information, writes: Under European Union procurement directives and UK regulations, a contract must be advertised by way of an EU-wide contract notice. The idea is to create a market in which firms can find out about and bid for public contracts in other EU member states.
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