Commission calls on Czech Republic to respect public procurement rules for military aircraft
The European Commission has today acted to ensure fair access to public contracts by asking the Czech Republic to comply with its obligation to award public supply contracts on the basis of public tenders. The Commission is concerned that the Czech Republic has breached EU public procurement rules by not opening up to EU-wide competition […]
Commission calls on Greece to review award of one public contract
The European Commission has decided to formally request Greece to review the tendering procedure launched by the Health Procurement Committee for the award of a public services contract concerning the management of hazardous medical waste in the 1st Regional Health service in Attica (1 DYPE ATTIKIS). In the Commission's view, the award of this contract […]
European Commission requests UK to review public contracts
The European Commission has decided to send a further request to the United Kingdom concerning the award of a number of services contracts by the Glasgow Housing Association relating to the management of its housing stock. In the Commission's view, these contracts were awarded without a competitive tendering process as required under EU public procurement […]
Public procurement : Commission recognises need for accelerated procurement procedure
In its conclusions of 12 December the European Council invited the Commission to adopt a number of measures in response to the financial crisis. The public procurement Directive 2004/18/EC allows recourse to accelerated procedures where justified on the grounds of urgency. The Commission recognises that the exceptional nature of the current economic situation can justify […]