State Aid
New State Aid rules in force, click here to see the relevant page for details.
Coffee machine case
The European Court has pronounced judgement in the Commssion v Netherlands which concerns specifications.See the European Page for details.
26th April
Another new case from the UK which involves the complex area of development. See the Land Development page for details.
It has been a desperately quiet time for developments in Public Procurement over the past month. However we have just had a decision from the EU Ombudsman which concerns a contested tender procedure. The complainant, a company doing business in the IT field, disagreed with the appraisal of its bid and alleged that the evaluation committee wrongly accepted a bid with variants, whereas variants were not allowed under the call for tenders.Read more on the EU Page.
27th January
Commission consults on revision of rules on regional state aid See the State Aid page for details.
26th January
The Commission has published working papers on the proposed Procurement Directive. See the EU page for details.
20th January
The UK High Court has decided that, even though it is a public undertaking, Eurostar is not a contracting entity for the purpose of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006. See the UK page for more details
19th January
New case on Service Concessions see the UK page for details and back by popular demand the Procurement Barristers page and Chambers League Table.
18th January
Ever fancied advising contractors and letting contracts for public bodies whilst being paid by both sides? Its very lucrative as you can imagine! See how they do it in Italy on the International Page.
6th January
Cabinet Office note on new thresholds and use of accelerated restricted procedure in 2012
5th January
Northern Ireland High Court sets aside contract award decision .See the UK page.


