This paper discusses the treatment of secondary objectives in the procurement law of the United Kingdom. First, the analysis will provide a historical perspective. This will look at how the laws of the United Kingdom dealt with secondary considerations from the 19th century until and during the...

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) are at the heart of the economies of all Member States. However, their share of public contracts is often deemed insufficient. Four main ‘innovations' of the new EU public sector procurement Directive 2014/24/EU are directed at increasing the...

This paper argues that, subject to certain exceptions, public procurement law at national, European or international level should generally not aim to promote social considerations because this compromises the primary objective of effective procurement and the related objectives of value for...

This paper will first discuss the public procurement review bodies in the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland), the limitation of the review and remedies system to contracts within the field of application of the EU Directives and the United Kingdom Regulations, and the rules...

This article argues that the four main measures introduced in the 2014 reform of the Procurement Directives to promote Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) cannot be classified as measures favouring SMEs. A measure favours SMEs when it compromises the main objectives of competition,...