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#49: Should Defence Contracts Be Allowed to Skip the Normal Rules?
Host Dr Marta Andhov presents an aperitif episode of the Bestek public procurement podcast, featuring the first half of the “Contracts in the Defence and Security Sector” panel from the PurpLE Project’s Public Procurement & Contracts Conference in Copenhagen (22–23 June 2026), moderated by Associate Professor Michał Kania (University of Silesia in Katowice).
The discussion asks whether defence contracts should be allowed to skip the normal procurement rules through the Article 346 exemption in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and whether the legal test meant to keep that exemption narrow is still holding up.
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#49: Should Defence Contracts Be Allowed to Skip the Normal Rules?
Host Dr Marta Andhov presents an aperitif episode of the Bestek public procurement podcast, featuring the first half of the “Contracts in the Defence and Security Sector” panel from the PurpLE Project’s Public Procurement & Contracts Conference in Copenhagen…
#48: If a Government Breaks Procurement Rules, What Can a Bidder Actually Do?
Host Dr Marta Andhov presents an aperitif episode of the Bestek public procurement podcast, featuring clips from “Remedial Systems in Public Contracts Law vs Non-Legislative Measures”, a panel she chaired at the Public Procurement & Contracts Conference in…
#47: You Write Sustainability Into the Contract. Does Anyone Actually Check?
Host Dr Marta Andhov presents an aperitif episode of the Bestek public procurement podcast, featuring excerpts from the “Sustainability in Performance of Public Contracts” panel, moderated by Dr Ezgi Uysal (PurpLE postdoctoral researcher, University of Copenhagen), at…
#46: Is the EU Actually Simplifying Procurement, or Just Adding More Rules?
Host Dr Marta Andhov presents an aperitif episode of the Bestek public procurement podcast, featuring the conversation that opened Day 2 of the Public Procurement & Contracts Conference (PurpLE Project, Copenhagen, 22–23 June 2026), chaired by Grith Skovgaard…
#55 Wat voorafging aan het voorstel voor een aanbestedingsverordening
In deze aflevering bespreken Matanja en Willem de evaluatie van de aanbestedingsrichtlijnen en ook de impact assesment van de Europese Commissie. Uit de discussie volgt binnen welke context de hervorming van de Europese aanbestedingsregels plaatsvinden. Luister deze…
#54 Meer aanbestedingsregels op verschillende plekken: Is dat een probleem?
In deze aflevering bespreken Matanja en Willem het feit dat er inmiddels in meerdere verordeningen en richtlijnen aanbestedingsregels staan, en stellen zij zich de vraag hoe dat er uitziet en of dat een probleem is voor de praktijk. Deze aflevering bouwt voort op de…
#53 Aanbestedingsrecht en privaatrecht
Willem en Matanja hebben het over de wisselwerking tussen aanbestedingsrecht en privaatrecht. Ze spreken hierover naar aanleiding van het hoofdstuk dat zij samen schreven in het boek ‘Public Procurement and Contract Law’ (open access).
#52 Nieuwe aanbestedingsrichtlijnen of toch verordeningen?
In deze aflevering bespreken Matanja en Willem de hervorming van de aanbestedingsrichtlijnen. De Europese Commissie lijkt eind juni te komen met een voorstel voor nieuwe aanbestedingsregels. De vraag die momenteel speelt is of dat wel richtlijnen blijven. Mogelijk…
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Willem Janssen
Marta Andhov
Matanja Pinto
Willem Janssen is an Associate Professor in European and Dutch Public Procurement Law at the law department of Utrecht University, and a researcher at the Centre for Public Procurement and RENFORCE.
Marta Andhov is an Associate Professor in commercial law at the Auckland Univerity Law School and Business School.
Matanja Pinto is an attorney at law since 2005 and an expert in the field of procurement law.
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