An Architect's Guide to Public Procurement

Foreword

Over the years since the initial introduction of European Procurement Directives, it is perhaps reasonable to say that public sector clients across Europe and the design teams wishing to compete for public sector projects have struggled in relation to their understanding, implementation and navigation of this complex and in some parts rather clumsy set of regulations.

Whilst the intention behind their introduction was to open up fair and equitable access to cross-border opportunities, some might say that an unfortunate by-product of this positive objective has been a hugely significant growth in bureaucratic processes that have been considered necessary by public authorities to demonstrate compliance and protect their organisations ...