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Simplified Open Procedure Gwynedd Case Study

Pedro Telles Orcid Logo, Dermot Cahill, Ceri Evans, Gary Clifford, Ama Eyo

Swansea University Author: Pedro Telles Orcid Logo

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This case study illustrates the changes to practice that are possible for awarding contracts below theEU thresholds. The purpose of the intervention undertaken with Gwynedd County Council was to testthe new Simplified Open Procedure, a procedure developed and designed by the Winning in Tenderingproj...

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Published: 2014
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22654
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Abstract: This case study illustrates the changes to practice that are possible for awarding contracts below theEU thresholds. The purpose of the intervention undertaken with Gwynedd County Council was to testthe new Simplified Open Procedure, a procedure developed and designed by the Winning in Tenderingproject to advertise contracts between £5,000 and £50,000 with reduced transaction and opportunitycosts, it was first developed in conjunction with Carmarthenshire County Council and is described inthis Case Study.This document is accompanied by the Simplified Open Procedure Guidance, which contains furtherdetailed information on how to undertake a simplified open procedure.
Keywords: public procurement, low value contracts, Wales, public spending
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences