Research Projects
THE ECJ CASE LAW ON IN HOUSE PROVIDING AND THE LOCAL GOVERNEMENT POLICY IN EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES
31st December 2008I’m starting a new project at the University of Glasgow. In this project, I would like to analyse the case law of the Court of Justice on in house providing (Teckal e.a.). I would like to examine the foundations of this case law and the different steps. I will describe the legal framework which […]
Read MorePreventive and judicial protection surrounding the award procedures of public contracts
31st December 2008The Research Project took place at the University of Maastricht and was approved at the end of November. Important to know is that research project is about public contract falling outside the scope of the public procurement directives. The first part of the project was about the application of the principles of equality […]
Read MorePublic Private Partnership and procurement regulation
15th December 2008The procurement law research groups at CBS, Nottingham University and CUFE in China are writing a legal text book concerning Public Private Partnership and procurement regulation. The purpose of the PPP text book is to analyse and describe the UNCITRAL, EU and Asian regulations concerning PPP. The PPP text book describes the background […]
Read MoreAbnormally low tenders in public procurement procedures
15th December 2008The aim of this Ph.D project is to specify the concept of an abnormally low tender. The traditional legal method is used and, in specific parts of the analysis, a law and economics perspective is applied. PhD-fellow Grith Ølykke, CBS
Read MoreThe distinction between selection and award criteria
12th December 2008It is common knowledge to those familiar with the EC Public Procurement Law that you have to draw a fundamental distinction between the selection and award criteria. However, the distinction between selection and award criteria is not as straightforward as one might expect and recent case law from the European Court of Justice (C-532/06, Lianakis) […]
Read MoreThe disqualification and exclusion of corrupt suppliers from public contracts
12th December 2008This project is a comparative study of legislative provisions on the disqualification and exclusion of corrupt suppliers from public contracts in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, the World Bank and South Africa. The project analyses and compares the approaches to disqualification and exclusion in these jurisdictions and highlights the problems that […]
Read MoreDefence Procurement Law in Europe: The Role of International Organisations
11th December 2008Baudouin Heuninckx is undertaking this part-time research project, which is scheduled for completion in 2011-2013. It focuses on the law applicable to collaborative defence procurement in Europe. It aims to analyse the impact of European Union Law on the procurement rules of international organisations in the field of defence and the coherence of such rules […]
Read MoreThe Assessment of Competitive Dialogue’s Impact both in Portugal and Spain
9th December 2008PhD Research Topic: The Assessment of Competitive Dialogue’s Impact both in Portugal and Spain Pedro Telles, PPRG, University of Nottingham Pedro’s project involves the assessment of competitive dialogue’s impact both in Portugal and Spain, encompassing a legal analysis of applicable national rules and qualitative research with agents involved in the competitive dialogue’s effective application on […]
Read MoreThe Use of Soft law as a Method for Regulating Procurement from a Trade Perspective
9th December 2008PhD Research Topic:The Use of Soft law as a Method for Regulating Procurement from a Trade Perspective Lili Jiang, PPRG, University of Nottingham Lili’s research project involves evaluating the use of soft law as a method for regulating procurement from a trade perspective. By using a theoretical legal analysis of the use of soft […]
Read MoreProcurement procedures under the Private Finance Initiative:operation of the new legal framework
9th December 2008PhD Research Topic: Procurement procedures under the Private Finance Initiative: the operation of the new legal framework Richard Craven, PPRG, University of Nottingham Richard’s project will investigate the application of the new ‘competitive dialogue’ procedure in the EC public procurement rules to projects tendered under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The UK’s PFI refers to […]
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