Tag: Competition
CFR launches 4.09bn lei rail maintenance tender
CFR SA has launched a four-year tender worth up to 4.09 billion lei excluding VAT, split across seven regional railway…
Lithuania’s customs chief selection faces requests for official review
A parliamentary complaint questions the customs chief selection won by Mantas Matulionis in summer; his term is set to last…
Palantir’s European contracts exceed €1.4bn with UK deals included
At least 11 European countries have Palantir contracts, while known European and UK agreements exceed €1.4bn.
In Latvia, 29% of tenders draw one bid whatever they are worth
In Latvia, 29% of 3725 tenders drew exactly one bid, and the share changed little between the cheapest and most…
Across 6 markets that count bids, contract size does 3 different things
Among the highest-value tenth of contracts, single-bid shares range from 8% in Peru to 79% in Guatemala.
Ireland’s EU budget proposal shifts cuts towards development and competitiveness
Ireland has proposed cutting €141 billion from the EU’s draft seven-year budget, with reductions focused on development, administration and competitiveness…
T-Systems leads Catalan cloud tender after qualitative scoring
T-Systems scored 49 points on qualitative criteria, ahead of NTT Data and Telefónica, in Catalonia’s €481 million public cloud tender.
In Peru, 10% of tenders draw one bid whatever they are worth
Exactly one bid was received in 10% of 26,105 Peruvian tenders, while the rate was 8% in each of the…
In the Dominican Republic, competition disappears at the bottom of the market
Exactly one bid appeared in 67% of 37795 tenders, but the rate fell to 34% among the most expensive quarter.
AGD warned KPMG was unsuitable to audit rival modern slavery suppliers
A 45-page AGD release records concerns that KPMG Australia audited suppliers of modern slavery software while also competing in the…
Proposed Dominican law would ban incentives tied to prescriptions
A proposed Dominican law would ban benefits to doctors linked to specific medicines and allow fines of up to 400…
In Guatemala, the bigger the contract, the fewer the bidders
Across 96,367 Guatemalan tenders, 59% received exactly one bid, with the share rising to 78% among the most expensive quarter.