To provide delegates with a complete understanding of the EU Procurement Directives, their implications and when they should be applied. The style of delivery will be highly participative which is designed to provide a sound basis for ensuring safe and compliant procurement within the public sector.
The Aims of the European Procurement Directives
The Member States
An outline of the history of the development of the EU Procurement Directives
The objectives of the Directives
Applying the EU Rules
The principles of openness, transparency and fairness
IS the procurement is covered?
Discrete Operational Units
Aggregation
Use of Procedures
Making a Call for Competition
Periodic Indicative Notices
Open, Restricted, Negotiated PROCEDURE
Framework agreements
The use of pre-qualification criteria and evaluation criteria
Responding to queries from suppliers
Time limits for the procedures plus accelerated procedures
Practical Issues
Selection criteria
Using M.E.A.T. criteria
Tenders
Dealing with late and non-compliant tenders, Lowest price v most economically advantageous, Including environmental and social policies in evaluation criteria
Weighted evaluation comparisons
Total cost of ownership
Post tender negotiation
Contract Award
Debriefing, transition and contract award procedures
The Effect of the Consolidated Procurement Directive
Regulations relating to framework agreements Building in sustainable issues into procurements
Impact of electronic tendering
Compliance with the Directives
How suppliers can claim damages for breach of the Directives
Current cases
