In this episode, Willem & Marta discuss both the differences and analogies between framework agreements and public contracts. They delve into the national case law and highlight practical issues arising from this differentiation. For the dessert, they tackle the question of how to deal with the criticism in Academia and give advice on how to give constructive feedback.
In deze aflevering spreekt Willem met mr. Lennard Michaux en mr. Joris Gruyters (beide KU Leuven) over gunnen op levenscycluskosten en hun voorstel voor een algemene richtlijn op dit gebied. Hoe werkt en werkte dit in de Richtlijn Schone Voertuigen? Wat kan er...
In this episode, Willem and Marta discuss the role of public procurement law in the development towards more servitization. They also touch upon the problems that arise due to servitization trends and how to solve them. For dessert, they discuss all male panels in academia ('manels').
In this blog Elena Scanzano digs into the phenomenon of gold-plating in Italian public procurement procedures. Elena has been a student in a "Governmental contracts" course at UCPH led by Marta Andhov.
In this episode, Marta and Willem discuss sustainable food procurement. They focus on current problems with food systems and the importance of food. Furthermore, they dig into the legal difficulties public procurers face when they attempt to buy sustainably. Some of the pain points they discuss are certification, localism, freshness requirements, seasonality, and promotion of small farmers and SMEs. For the dessert, they advise on how to track research progress.
In deze aflevering spreekt Matanja met Geke Werkman-Bouwkamp, één van de drie leden van de Commissie van Aanbestedingsexperts. In het eerste deel van het gesprek gaat Geke dieper in op de onlangs gepubliceerde Handreiking Klachtafhandeling bij Aanbesteden. Vervolgens bespreekt Geke de huidige gang van zaken bij de Commissie van Aanbestedingsexperts en schetst ze de toekomst van de Commissie naar aanleiding van de brief van de staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken en Klimaat van 12 februari 2021. De Commissie adviseert in de toekomst binnen een termijn van 14 dagen!
In this episode, Marta and Willem explore competitive obligations outside the Classic Directive. They focus on a recent Dutch Supreme Court case of Didam in which the equality and transparency principles were deemed to apply to the sale of land by a Dutch municiplatie. This has led to a plethora of legal questions in the Dutch context. Their call to action: is the sale of law distributed competitively in your MS? For dessert, they consider the importance of networking for academics.
In this episode, Willem & Marta discuss access to public contracts for citizens' initiatives and social enterprises. They delve into the hurdles they face, the legal possibilities for contracting authorities to stimulate them, and future options to extend those options. For the finale, they discuss how to conference.
Marta Andhov and Willem Janssen contributed to the book Centralising Public Procurement - The Approach of EU Member States published by the European Procurement Law series and edited by Carina Risvig Hamer and Mario Comba.
Marta Andhov and Deividas Soloveicik looked into the relationship between initial tender and mini-competition from an EU perspective but particularly reflected on Lithuanian law. In contrast to a controversial recent judgment of the Lithuanian court, they argued that the two stages of the framework agreement process are interconnected and must be viewed as a unified part of the same procurement process in line with European legal doctrine.