Outputs (4)

A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 35(10), 547-561

This article evaluates the objectives of the legal framework on public procurement in the European Union and evaluates its contribution to the internal market. A critical analysis of the public procurement acquis's evolution is set out, which reveals... Read More about A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU.

The Affirmation of Public-private Partnerships as Modality for Delivering Public Services: The Incorporation of the Concessions Directive 2014/23 Into Domestic Legal Systems (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). The Affirmation of Public-private Partnerships as Modality for Delivering Public Services: The Incorporation of the Concessions Directive 2014/23 Into Domestic Legal Systems. European Procurement and Public Private Partnership Law Review, 19(3), 174-190. https://doi.org/10.21552/epppl/2024/3/5

Concessions and public-private partnerships are contractual agreements that are characterised by their high value, complexity, and long-term nature. The key elements of these agreements include granting the concessionaire the right to utilise and ben... Read More about The Affirmation of Public-private Partnerships as Modality for Delivering Public Services: The Incorporation of the Concessions Directive 2014/23 Into Domestic Legal Systems.

Utilities procurement: the state of play before Brexit (2019)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2019). Utilities procurement: the state of play before Brexit. Utilities Law Review, VOL 23(1), 18-27

Utilities procurement resembles commercial procurement practices and its regulation provides many deviations from the Public Sector Procurement Directives. Utilities procurement regulation is different from public sector procurement regulation and it... Read More about Utilities procurement: the state of play before Brexit.

Systemic risk in major public contracts (2018)
Journal Article
Bloomfield, K., Williams, T., Bovis, C., & Merali, Y. (2019). Systemic risk in major public contracts. International Journal of Forecasting, 35(2), 667-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2018.10.005

This paper presents a novel approach to the characterisation of “systemic risk” in the context of public sector procurement and contracting. We argue that contemporary risk management practices in project and programme management exhibit a number of... Read More about Systemic risk in major public contracts.