This Public Procurement Brief presents two new EU public procurement Directives (2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU) on … procurement by public and utilities sectors. The Directives are part of a recently adopted EU legislative package reforming the EU … public procurement rules. The Brief provides an overview of the new regulations, focusing on the following issues: general …

Public Procurement is a voluntary instrument, which means that individual Member States and public authorities can determine … alternative energy sources) and how these considerations can be incorporated into the procurement process in line with EU law. …

SIGMA Brief 28 aims to give guidance to auditors dealing with public procurement processes. Based on audit experience … mainly concentrates on individual procurement procedures but concessions and public-private partnerships are also touched on …

The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design …

utilities markets. The Utilities sectors are covered by separate and more flexible procurement rules in the European Union …

Defence procurement is the process through which authorities in the field of defence and security acquire various goods …, services or works they need in order to perform their duties and missions. Defence procurement constitutes a noticeable segment … of public procurement in the European Union. SIGMA Brief 23 gives a short overview of the particular characteristics of …

participation of companies of all sizes into public procurement, in particular for micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs …