Greece ∙ Revisiting the Public Procurement Directives After the Pandemic journal article Stelios Tsevas, Kathrin Hornbanger European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 17 (2022), Issue 4, Page 258 - 261
Public-Private Partnerships with No Contractual Base Case: journal article Adjusting for the Impacts of Covid-19 António Martins European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 1, Page 40 - 49 The purpose of this article is to discuss a method for compensating a private concessionaire for cash flow losses related to Covid-19 suffered in 2020 and 2021. The analysis is based on a public-private partnership (PPP) set up to exploit surface parking lots, signed between a Portuguese municipality and a private corporation. The contract has no financial base case. The article concludes that a base case is not an obstacle to calculate this type of compensation, that the previous performance of the contractor is a reasonable basis to estimate losses and the forecasts extending to 2026 are a good schema with which to estimate the extension of the concession period claimed by the Petitioner. The arbitration court deciding the corporation’s claim has valid reasons for an equitable decision. Keywords: public-private partnerships; Covid-19 losses; financial base case; Portugal
Bulgaria ∙ Key Public Procurement and Concessions Developments journal article Neli Garbuzanova, Yoana Blyahova European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 17 (2022), Issue 1, Page 44 - 50
Malta ∙ Contract Extensions, the Covid-19 Pandemic and Interim Injunctive Measures by Incumbent Concessionaires: Water Leisure Limited et vs Transport Malta journal article Clement Mifsud-Bonnici European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 4, Page 337 - 340
The Portuguese Covid-19 Public Procurement Rules journal article Raquel Carvalho European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 1, Page 30 - 38 The Covid-19 pandemic has been a driver of new State legislation in several fields. This article addresses the special public procurement rules enacted in this context, including some challenges such not-so-reflected legislation raised. The ‘successive’ exceptional public procurement regime implies very complex hermeneutics regarding both the subjective and objective scope of application and the discretionary legal requirements established therein. The key measure is a particular direct award regime that has raised some doubts regarding the need for such solutions when compared to those in the Directive. There has already been some monitoring of the regime’s implementation that has underlined the need to continue monitoring ‘the planning, the implementation and management of the public emergency answer’. Keywords: Covid-19; state of emergency; special public procurement rules
Italy ∙ Brief Overview on Latest Intervention on Italian Public Procurement Discipline Aimed at Hindering the COVID-19 Economic Crisis journal article Luca Pardi European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 3, Page 250 - 251
EPPPL 1/2020 (Vol. 15) journal article European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 15 (2020), Issue 1,
Editorial journal article Christopher Bovis European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 15 (2020), Issue 1, Page 1 - 1
Public Procurement and Natural Disasters: journal article Lessons from Croatia Marko Turudić European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 15 (2020), Issue 2, Page 162 - 167 The COVID-19 pandemic has taken lives and endangered health all across the EU, and has had an profound effect on all aspects of economic activity across the Member States. Unfortunately, the pandemic isn't the only natural disaster affecting Croatia today; on 22 March 2020, Zagreb and its surrounding counties were struck by the strongest recorded earthquake since 1880. Croatian Government has implemented economic measures to mitigate the consequences of these two natural disasters. Two of those measures directly affect public procurement; the suspension of the majority of public procurement procedures and the Draft ‘Zagreb Rebuild Act’, which aims to suspend the Public Procurement Act in the procurement of materials, services and works for the Zagreb earthquake rebuild effort. This article aims to analyse the validity and consequences of those measures. Keywords: COVID-19, Croatia, Zagreb earthquake, suspension of public procurement
The Need for Emergency Public Procurement Legislation in China: journal article Lessons from COVID-19 Jun Chong European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Volume 15 (2020), Issue 2, Page 168 - 173 Under the epidemic situation, materials are in short supply, but traditional procurement cannot meet the needs of emergency speed. This article compares and analyses the regular Chinese procurement methods with the US and EU emergency procurement methods, so as to obtain the methods suitable for China's emergency situation, and calls for emergency procurement legislation. At the same time, this article discusses the scope and principles of emergency procurement, emphasising that emergency procurement should not be abused and still follow the principle of value for money. Keywords: COVID-19, emergency public procurement, procurement methods, value for money, US public procurement, EU public procurement, China public procurement
Estimated Value vs Final Contract Value in Works Public Procurement – What Causes the Discrepancy? Marko Turudić, Melko Dragojević