Sentence examples for procurement competition from inspiring English sources

We have heard much debate on the merit of discussing the so-called 'new issues' at Cancun - trade facilitation, transparency in government procurement, competition, and investment.

In another major policy shift, following the appointment of Michael Gove as Justice Secretary, the MoJ announced that it was abandoning its procurement competition for the collection of fines and fixed penalties.

"Rather, Leyton Orient wishes to be allowed back into the procurement competition... and to be awarded a concession to use the stadium jointly with West Ham".

My second point, relating to the content of the negotiations on the implementation of Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 12 of the interim agreement, covering trade in goods, public procurement, competition, the consultation mechanism for questions relating to intellectual property and dispute settlement, is to highlight the fact that this package of measures represents a good agreement.

However, concerns about privatisation return to centre stage this week, when the regulations governing procurement and competition are debated in the Lords.

McLoughlin has asked officials to examine the options for the operation of the service after 9 December taking into account procurement and competition law.

The health minister Lord Howe said: "The revised regulations are clear – the position on procurement and competition remains the same as it was under the previous administration.

"Labour could achieve their aim of insulating the NHS from EU procurement and competition rules, but this would require broader changes to policy than legislating for exemptions.

But in a briefing paper on Wednesday, the thinktank, which is politically neutral, concludes that: "An incoming government could not, in our view, secure formal exemptions for the NHS from EU procurement or competition rules".

"This would be a shift against the direction of government policy over the last 15 years," said Richard Murray, director of policy at the thinktank, which consulted legal experts in procurement and competition in drawing up the briefing.

By 'claiming an exemption' we mean making the necessary changes to ensure the NHS is not subject to EU procurement and competition law, as it is our right to do.