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	<title>The Public Procurement Portal » In English</title>
	
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		<title>Los expedientes sobre contratos públicos y convenios del Ayuntamiento de Pamplona ya se pueden consultar de forma libre en pamplona.es a través de “Open Data”</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/los-expedientes-sobre-contratos-publicos-y-convenios-del-ayuntamiento-de-pamplona-ya-se-pueden-consultar-de-forma-libre-en-pamplona-es-a-traves-de-open-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[El Ayuntamiento de Pamplona ha actualizado la herramienta informática interna llamada “gestor de Expedientes” para que a partir de ahora todos los contratos públicos y convenios suscritos por la entidad local puedan ser consultados por los ciudadanos, en formatos excel (xls) y xml, a través del espacio digital “Open data” en www.pamplona.es. Prevista su actualización [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small firms worried by new government procurement policies</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/small-firms-worried-by-new-government-procurement-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ireland &#8211; New government buying policies will be bad for small firms, shutting off their access to public sector contracts, the Small Firms Association (SFA) has warned. A move to centralise government procurement into large scale contracts will hit small local businesses who may no longer be eligible to apply, it said. &#8220;New government buying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google faces second grilling by Parliament over UK tax avoidance</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/google-faces-second-grilling-by-parliament-over-uk-tax-avoidance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/google-faces-second-grilling-by-parliament-over-uk-tax-avoidance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 05:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.publictendering.com/?p=7538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google and its accountants, Ernst &#38; Young, are to face a fresh grilling about tax avoidance after Public Accounts Committee chairman Margaret Hodge said a new investigation had raised “very serious” allegations. The internet giant is facing mounting scrutiny because it generates more than £3 billion a year from sales in Britain but pays virtually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU parliament vote paves way for start of ‘landmark’ EU-US trade deal</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/eu-parliament-vote-paves-way-for-start-of-landmark-eu-us-trade-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/eu-parliament-vote-paves-way-for-start-of-landmark-eu-us-trade-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portuguese MEP Vital Moreira says there is &#8220;room for improvement&#8221; in the EU&#8217;s trade with the US. The Socialist member was speaking after parliament&#8217;s international trade committee approved his report which paves the way for the launch of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and US. The committee voted by a large majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MEPs want to start negotiations with US in public procurement and financial services</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/meps-want-to-start-negotiations-with-us-in-public-procurement-and-financial-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/meps-want-to-start-negotiations-with-us-in-public-procurement-and-financial-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 04:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.publictendering.com/?p=7523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Trade Committee approved a resolution that calls on the Council to authorize the start of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the US in June. MEPs highlighted that the negotiating mandate should include public procurement and financial services, but exclude culture. The International Trade Committee at the European Parliament adopted a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commission and Tokyo to open free trade talks</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/commission-and-tokyo-to-open-free-trade-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/commission-and-tokyo-to-open-free-trade-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 15 April, the European Commission and Japan will start negotiating an ambitious economic partnership agreement aimed at fostering trade and investment between the EU and the world’s third largest economy. The first negotiating round will take place in Brussels until 19 April, translating into action the formal launch, announced on 25 March by European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commission proposed to the Council the conclusion of the Protocol amending WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/commission-proposed-to-the-council-the-conclusion-of-the-protocol-amending-wto-agreement-on-government-procurement-gpa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/commission-proposed-to-the-council-the-conclusion-of-the-protocol-amending-wto-agreement-on-government-procurement-gpa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The formal conclusion of the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), the only legally binding agreement in the WTO on the subject of government procurement, was proposed by the Commission to the Council. The European Parliament will also be called upon to give its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open source in higher education : how far have we come ?</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/open-source-in-higher-education-how-far-have-we-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/open-source-in-higher-education-how-far-have-we-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universities are ahead of the curve in adopting open source, says Scott Wilson – we should now lead the public sector in exploring its full potential. From your smartphone to your TV, open source software is present everywhere there&#8217;s a computer. Over half of UK companies use it so it&#8217;s surprising more people don&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government places East Coast rail line up for bid</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/government-places-east-coast-rail-line-up-for-bid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/government-places-east-coast-rail-line-up-for-bid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced the creation of a new bidding process for the running of the East Coast London to Edinburgh rail line. The move away from public sector control follows the government’s takeover of the rail line in 2009, after National Express pulled out of the process during the height of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Flawed’ public procurement costs State millions</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/flawed-public-procurement-costs-state-millions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/flawed-public-procurement-costs-state-millions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main representative body for the building sector has slammed the Government’s current public procurement system — saying the “extremely flawed” process is costing the State “tens of millions of euro” every year. At its Public Procurement in Ireland conference yesterday, the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) said the current system is “broken” and is delaying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Procurement – has UK Government interest waned ?</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/sustainable-procurement-has-uk-government-interest-waned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/sustainable-procurement-has-uk-government-interest-waned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Smith - We’ve covered the recent report from the UK National Audit Office on “Improving government procurement” in some depth, but they also recently issued a briefing on sustainable procurement. And it’s a bit of a depressing read for anyone committed to the sustainability agenda, to be honest. We should stress that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish asphalt cartel fined €16m</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/spanish-asphalt-cartel-fined-e16m/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/spanish-asphalt-cartel-fined-e16m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain’s National Competition Commission (CNC) has imposed fines totalling more than €16m (£14m) on 11 companies for sharing out the Cantabrian asphalt market amongst themselves. CNC found that there was a very elaborate cartel to share out the market between a group of companies collectively known as G5 (Senor, Arruti, Emilio Bolado and Acansa, Asfin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax-compliance rule will change the way major public procurement works</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/tax-compliance-rule-will-change-the-way-major-public-procurement-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/tax-compliance-rule-will-change-the-way-major-public-procurement-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOCUS: Companies bidding for public sector work, and public sector bodies running major tenders, will have to change the way they approach the tender process from as early as 1 April this year, under plans published by the Government. The proposed new rules would allow public bodies to exclude companies who have been involved in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>€120 billion lost to corruption in EU each year</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/e120-billion-lost-to-corruption-in-eu-each-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/e120-billion-lost-to-corruption-in-eu-each-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An estimated €120 billion is lost to corruption each year throughout the 27 member states, the EU commissioner for home affairs Cecilia Malmstrom has said. “In public procurement, studies suggest that up to 20 to 25 percent of the public contracts’ value may be lost to corruption,” said Malmstrom on Tuesday (5 March) at an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public procurement ”still needs a culture shift”</title>
		<link>http://www.publictendering.com/public-procurement-still-needs-a-culture-shift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.publictendering.com/public-procurement-still-needs-a-culture-shift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Nuyts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The coalition&#8217;s new procurement strategy is the most coherent approach to reform yet and has resulted in savings but the government is failing to save as much as it could through centralised procurement, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO). While progress has been made, the report said, there have been problems [...]]]></description>
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