Public Procurement Regulation in EU and UK

Bovis, Christopher

Abstract

The application of public procurement regulation in the UK prior to its departure from the EU was based on the judicial activism of the CJEU which has been the most influential factor in developing and honing the concepts of the public procurement acquis and in providing for clarity and certainty to its decentralised application and enforcement. The UK legal procurement framework benefited from judicial activism and has been guided by a doctrinal interpretation which attempts to fuse the underlying principles of public procurement regulation with the fundamental principles enshrined in the EU Treaties. Such fusion has been achieved by supplementing the public procurement Directives with primary EU law. Public procurement has been viewed by both EU Institutions and Member States as an instrument for growth and competitiveness.

Citation

Bovis, C. (2025). Public Procurement Regulation in EU and UK. In E. Guinchard, & C. Panara (Eds.), The New Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (163-179). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70652-3_9

• Online Publication Date: Mar 30, 2025
• Publication Date: Mar 30, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jul 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 31, 2026
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 163-179
• Book Title: The New Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union
• Chapter Number: 5
• ISBN: 9783031706516 ; 9783031706547
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70652-3_9
• Keywords: public procurement, Brexit, regulation, commercial relations
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4741434
• Contract Date: Dec 3, 2024