New direction
13 September 2012
The European Commission will soon publish its proposed changes to the public procurement and utilities directives. Steven Norris and Tim Lake examine the likely amendments
For some time now, the European Commission (EC) has been reviewing its public procurement policy, with the aim of simplifying and modernising the public procurement directives. These directives set out competitive tendering requirements for public contracts, including obligations on the awarding organisations to comply with the EC law principles of transparency and...