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Legislation & Case Law

• Commission Directive 2005/51/EC of 7 September 2005
  Directive amending Annex XX to Directive 2004/17/EC and Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 of 7 September 2005
  Regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of public procurement procedures pursuant to Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Commission Decision 2008/963/EC of 9 December 2008
  Decision amending the Annexes to Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement procedures, as regards their lists of contracting entities and contracting authorities
• DIRECTIVE 2007/66/EC of 11 December 2007
  Directive amending Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC with regard to improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts
• DIRECTIVE 2004/18/EC of 31 March 2004
  Directive on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 of 19 December 2005
  Regulation amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts
• Contracting Authorities bound by EU Public Procurement Rules
  Lists the contracting authorities and entities that have to apply EU public procurement rules.
• Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989
  Directive on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts
• Council Directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992
  Directive coordinating the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors

Policy & Research

• UK Goverment ICT Strategy
  The UK Government's ICT strategy for the public sector (27/1/2010)
• Guide to the Community Rules on Public Procurement of Services...
  Other than in the Water, Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Sectors Directive 92/50/EEC
• Explanatory Note on the EC Competitive Dialogue Award Procedure
  Introduced by the "Classic Directive" (2004/18/EC)
• Explanatory Note on EC Framework Agreements
  covered by the Classic Directive (2004/18/EC)
• New EU Public Procurement Directives
• Commission Staff Working Document
  European Code of Best Practices Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts
• The Public Procurement Directives:
  Transposition in EU Member States - Briefing Note 2006
• Evaluation of the impact of the EU Public procurement Directives:
  1993 to 2002
• Neutral Government Software Procurement Policies Create Significant Opportunities in Innovation, Local Economic Growth, and Jobs  
  This report states that neutral government software procurement policies leads to growth, innovation and job creation. It also provies some case studies as to the status of neutrality in some key countries.
• New EU Public Procurement Directives - Maintaining Neutrality in Software Procurement (2004)
  Amongst other relevant issues, this legal note prepared by the law firm Linklaters De Bandt, Brussels, concludes that "new Public Procurement Directive confirms that non-discriminatory technology neutrality is the law of the EU. Imposing OSS in the framework of public procurement directly excludes certain companies (namely, the companies developing proprietary software) from participating to a tender. As such, this exclusion is prohibited by the EU Public Procurement Directive."
• IACCM submissions made to the Obama initiative on contract reform
  This document provides the IACCM's input to the Obama Administration's initiative for contract reform as well as the role of contract practice and policy in securing public sector goals. (Registration required)
• RAND Working Paper - Evaluating Public Procurement Contracting
  This project memorandum is an extension of an earlier report examining the prevalence and implications of procurement practices that limit the benefits foreseen in the European public procurement framework, especially as regards complex ICT goods and services.