accounts for over 14% of the EU's gross domestic product. Also at the ECB, spending through procurement is growing, and the … procurement at the ECB, to compare it to the procurement rules of other EU institutions, and to analyse four key issues in … contract award procedures, with due regard to the EU procurement directives and the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU …

The paper provides an overview of the development of public procurement (PP) rules in the EU and in selected … international organisations. The EU rules were originally designed to foster competition and efficiency, and the dominant award … criterion was the price. Over time, and in particular in the context of the "EU 2020" strategy, PP rules have been extended to …