During her visit at the PPRG she will research the topics of procurement contract amendments and remedies in case of improper amendments, in the light of the proposals for the new procurement directives.

Mari Ann's academic profile on PLAN can be accessed here.
For more information on Mari Ann's stay with the PPRG, please click here.

This conference is aimed at research students of all levels, not only in law but also in any discipline whose research touches on issues affecting procurement regulation in a broad sense. PhD students have the opportunity to meet fellow academics from all around the world, and receive some input on their papers by academic staff of the PPRG and other invited academics.

At this stage we welcome expressions of interest from PhD students wishing to submit a paper and present it at the conference. Interested students are invited to contact Paula Bordalo Faustino (llxpab@nottingham.ac.uk) to indicate their interest. Later this year, a formal call for papers will be launched with more information on date, deadlines, requirements for papers etc, and this will be sent automatically to all those who have indicated interest as well as on PLAN website and on the PPRG website.

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For the table of contents, please click here (available in German only).

For more information on the book, please go to http://www.bg-wissenschaftsverlag.de/public-eprocurement.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Articles

- From suspect practice to market-based instrument: policy alignment and the evolution of EU law's approach to "green" public procurement (Professor Peter Kunzlik)

- Electronic government procurement reform: managing institutional reform - lessons from the Korean model (Jae-Young Choi and Hyunseok Kim)

News and Analysis

- China - waiting for Leviathan: a note on Modern Wo-er Trading Co Ltd v Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China

- EU: Forposta SA, ABC Direct Contact sp. z o.o. v Poczta Polska SA (C-465/11) - exclusion on the grounds of grave professional misconduct

- EU - clarification of permissible public cooperation and pecuniary interest: Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Lecce, Universita del Salento v Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Lecce (C-159/11)

- United Kingdom: R. (on the application of RB) v Devon County Council and Devon Primary Care Trust

- United Kingdom - reminder that contracting authorities can switch to an in-house "Plan B" solution if it represents value for money and is done in good faith: Montpellier Estates Ltd v Leeds City Council

- United Kingdom - procurement and competition law: the case of William Clinton trading as Oriel Training Services v Department for Employment and Learning and Department of Finance and Personnel

- United Kingdom - undertaking in damages when lifting a suspension: the case of Lowry Brothers Ltd v Northern Ireland Water Limited

- United Kingdom: Procurement Policy Note - Taking Account of Bidders' Past Performance and related Strategic Supplier Risk Management Policy

- United Kingdom - Cabinet Office provides advice to contracting authorities: Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012

- Ireland - the dividing line between a contract and an administrative scheme of a non-contractual nature, and the issue of standing under the EU procurement rules: the case of Student Transport Scheme Ltd (Applicant) v Minister for Education and Skills (Respondent) (and by order of the court) Bus Eireann (Notice Party)

This publication includes a substantial section on procurement (4 chapters), as well as dealing with joint ventures, teckal companies and other relevant EU topics. Several major law firms now contribute to the title.

More details can be found at www.lacaponline.com

Table of contents:

-Changes to existing contracts under the EU public procurement rules and the drafting of review clauses to avoid the need for a new tender

- Mapping public procurement in Ireland

- The European Commission's Annual Public Procurement Implementation Review 2012

- The Court of Justice rules that, subject to certain conditions, a contracting authority may require a minimum level of economic standing to be demonstrated by reference to particular aspects of the bidding company's balance sheet: Case C-218/11 Edukovizig and Hochtief Construction AG

- In-house awards to jointly controlled companies - satisfying the control test: Econord SpA cases C-182/11 and C-183/11

- Economic reasons as a justification for extreme urgency in construction projects for sports events

- Need for advertisement under Article 56 TFEU - AG Quidnet Hounslow LLP v Major and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow

There will be three streams of workshops. One stream is devoted to a detailed analysis of the proposed new EU procurement directives.

The research for the book was supported by a grant from the British Academy under the Africa partnership scheme.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part I. Country Studies:
2. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Botswana
3. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Ethiopia
4. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Ghana
5. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Kenya
6. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Namibia
7. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Nigeria
8. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Rwanda
9. The regulatory framework for public procurement in South Africa
10. The regulatory framework for public procurement in Zimbabwe

Part II. Themes in Public Procurement Regulation in Africa:
11. Donors' influence on developing countries' procurement systems, rules and markets: a critical analysis
12. Procurement methods in the public procurement systems of Africa
13. A comparative perspective on supplier remedies in African public procurement systems
14. A perspective on corruption and public procurement in Africa
15. Promotion of social policy through public procurement in Africa.

For further information and to have a look inside the book please visit the CUP webpage.

- Infrastructure financing: the new frontier in the application of state aid rules

- Once more, with feeling: federal small business contracting policy in the Obama administration

- The World Trade Organisation Regime on Government Procurement: Challenge and Reform

- Competitive Negotiation: The Source Selection Process

- Formation of Government Contracts

- Public Procurement Law: Damages as an Effective Remedy

- The application of the proposed European Standardisation Regulation in practice

- Obligation to provide information relating to a contract award decision: case C-629/11 Evropaiki Dynamiki v European Commission

- Award sub-criteria and weighting rules and distinction between "variants" and "departures": bpost NV van publiek recht v European Commission (T-514/09)

- By Development Ltd and others v Covent Garden Market Authority