BESTEK - The Public Procurement Podcast

By: dr. Willem A. Janssen and dr. Marta Andhov
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  • Podcast about public procurement & law. Hosts: dr. Willem Janssen & dr. Marta Anhov
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  • #35 Resurgence of buy local policies & making public procurement law interesting

    #35 Resurgence of buy local policies & making public procurement law interesting
    Jul 27 2024
    In this episode, Marta and Willem explore the resurgence and presence of buy local policies in the public procurement context. They discuss it broadly on a global scale, and then zoom in on specific buy local implementation issues when it comes to the procurement of food by public authorities. What to do with criteria and condition related to zero miles, EU geographical indicators, time of delivery or short supply chains? For dessert, they share how they overcome the initial hesitation of professionals and students when it comes to public procurement law as a field of study and expertise. Read more about it in this study: M. Andhov, M. Kania, S. Mikulic 'How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? - Legal Constraints and Opportunities' (via: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4826088) Your Title Goes Here Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings. Episode Transcript Willem Janssen [00:00:00] Welcome to the BESTEK, the Public Procurement Podcast. Today, Marta and I are talking to Steven Schooner about sustainability and public procurement in the US and publishing in American journals. About Bestek [00:00:17] Welcome to Bestek, the public procurement podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Willem Janssen and Dr. Marta Andhov discuss public procurement law issues, their love of food, and academic life. In each episode, Willem, Marta, and their guests search for answers to intriguing public procurement questions. This is Bestek. Let's dish up public procurement law. Willem Janssen [00:00:41] Morning. Good afternoon everyone. Marta Andhov [00:00:43] Hello. Hello, how are you? Steven Schooner [00:00:46] It's great to be here. And I have to say, I applaud both of you for this enterprise. I'm really impressed with the the fact that you started this and that you've stuck with it. And my only disappointment is I'm not in Utrecht doing the recording because I really wanted to be there to experience your bicycle infrastructure. But I expect we'll get back to bicycle infrastructure, as we talked about where we're trying to get over time. So we'll come back to that. Willem Janssen [00:01:07] But I'm sure we'll totally get back, get back to that. Uh, I have to say, so we're broadcasting live from two continents and three countries at the moment. So Marta is located in Copenhagen. Steve, you're in in Washington, DC at the law school there, and I'm at Utrecht, uh, in my attic whilst the rain is trickling down my window. So, uh, let's see where that takes us. Um, and, uh, before we get started, it is my pleasure to to introduce, uh, you, Steven Schooner. Professor. Uh, I don't think you require much introduction to be honest. Steven Schooner [00:01:40] I hope not. Willem Janssen [00:01:40] But but, uh, I'll still give it a very brief - with your permission- go with the Nash & Cibinic Professor of government procurement law at the George Washington University. And, um, you started talking about cycling already, so I'm not too nervous to actually say that you're also a passionate cyclist. Is that correct? Steven Schooner [00:01:59] Absolutely. And on a good day, I bike commute, but we have relatively good infrastructure here. But definitely not up there with the best in the world. But I think we're moving in the right direction. Willem Janssen [00:02:09] I was amazed actually, because when I, when I visited your law school in 2014, I actually cycled to work every day and for for, if I may say so, for an American city, uh, it's very, very much possible to cycle to work there. So I'm fond, very fond memories.
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    52 mins
  • #34 Visual contracting in public procurement & Best/worst presentations

    #34 Visual contracting in public procurement & Best/worst presentations
    Jun 20 2024
    Your Title Goes Here Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings. Episode Transcript Willem Janssen 0:00Welcome to Bestek, the public procurement podcast. Today, Marta and I are talking about centralised purchasing bodies and how to stay up to date in public procurement law. About Bestek 0:14Welcome to Bestek, the public procurement podcast. In this podcast Dr. Willem Janssen and Dr. Marta Andhov discuss public procurement law issues, their love of food, and academic life. In each episode, Willem, Marta and their guests search for answers to intriguing public procurement questions. This is Bestek. Let's dish up public procurement law. Willem Janssen 0:39Hola, Marta. Marta Andhov 0:41Hello, Hello. Willem Janssen 0:42I thought I'd change it up a little bit. I didn't get the response I was hoping for, but good to talk to you again. today. Like I announced, we're talking about centralised purchasing bodies. This is partially sparked because of a project research project, a book[1] project that we're both involved in, which is an edited volume led by Carina Risvig Harmer, if I'm pronouncing that correctly, you're the Danish expert in this and Mario Mario Comba. I don't know, if we have an Italian expert, but anyways they are editing of volume about it, and you have written, or are still writing a chapter about procurement techniques in the particularities for centralised purchasing bodies. I contributed with a national report about the Netherlands and what's been going on there in terms of aggregated centralised joint procurement. What are we going to do today is just I think, you know, maybe a bit of a teaser to the book, but also to get the discussions going on this topic, also in the remnants of Bestek. We'll be talking a bit about the Netherlands as an example, add we'll be looking at some of the procurement techniques of these bodies. How does that sound? Marta Andhov 2:04That sounds pretty good. Yeah, I think it's just interesting to look into the central purchasing bodies also from perspective that they are very present in some member states. Right? It is very much connected, whether you have decentralised or centralised procurement system, in others not so much. So, maybe for some of our listeners that do not have much experience with central purchasing bodies that could be potentially quite interesting. Willem Janssen 2:29Yeah, as like a reference point or discussions it also influence the national national debate for sure. To get us going, there's some articles in the directive that regulate the functioning, I suppose, or the the remit of centralised purchasing bodies. I'm looking at Article 37-39 here. Marta Andhov 2:53Yeah, absolutely. So that's where we can find some information about: - Well, what are those central procurement purchasing bodies? What are the centralist purchasing activities? - Then we have 38 that talks about occasional joint procurements, so it's something rather ad hoc, right? Did you decide to collaborate together? The third talks about procurement involving contracting authorities from different member states, which is also a little bit kind of Star Trek at this point, right? Because this sort of talks about you having a different if that is centralised purchasing bodies, let's say in Netherlands and Denmark doing procurement together and procuring together, or more local based contracting authorities, again, collaborating through having this cross borders collaboration, and that of course, brings so much questions and also legal challenges along the way. There's an interesting study done, I believe, for commission. There was the cross border... It was specifically I think, the Danish central purchasing body ski and the German one and I'm,
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    46 mins
  • #33 Single Bidding in the EU & What Vita would change in public procurement

    #33 Single Bidding in the EU & What Vita would change in public procurement
    Apr 25 2024
    In this episode, Vitezslav Titl and Willem discuss single bidding in the EU, based on a current debate about the lack of interest in public procurement from the side of the market. Sparked by the report by the Court of Auditors, and due to developments in many of the Member States, they discuss Vita's research on this topic and how the legal changes implemented in Czechia could inspire other Member States to increase the amount of bids. For desert, they consider what he would change in public procurement if he had a magic wand. Want to read more? Have a look at his academic work here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3954295
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    40 mins
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