Projects
Public procurement within the framework of the sustainable federal procurement policy: intersecting the procurement needs of the federal government with priority themes of sustainable development KU Leuven
Research project in the framework of the sustainable federal purchasing policy : the intersection of the purchasing needs of the federal government with priority themes of sustainable development.
THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE AND UNRESTRICTED COMPETITION IN THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT Hasselt University
Explaining the Public Procurement of Broader Outcomes KU Leuven
Governments seek to use public procurement as a policy tool to achieve climate neutrality, social equality, economic innovation, or national security. This phenomenon goes by several names: broader outcomes (Grandia & Meehan, 2017), secondary policy objectives (Lerusse & Van De Walle, 2021b), or socio-economic goals (Swedish Competition Authority, 2012).
One way to achieve such broader outcomes is to include policy criteria in ...
Relationship between common contract law, in particular sales and services, and public procurement law KU Leuven
A public procurement contract is a contract for pecuniary interest concluded between one or more economic operators and one or more (public) procurers relating to the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services, as defined in public procurement laws and regulations. The link with common contract law, and in particular sales and services, is at first sight not far-fetched. The numerous public procurement contracts ...
Fostering efficiency in public procurement through the detection of malpractice Ghent University
Efficiency in public procurement can be obtained by reducing waste of public money. Waste occurs because of slack or corruption and exists in the form of excessive procurement expenditures and inefficient allocation of public contracts. Detailed administrative data on public procurement makes it possible to approach the concepts of inefficiency and malpractice from innovative angles. The waste of money can be due to decisions of public ...