The measures taken by the Italian Government to contain the COVID-19 contagion include exceptional rules to the public procurement procedures. This section collects all related articles and updates (contents are in Italian and English).

Suspension of the terms in the context of the public procurement. The National Anticorruption Authority’s clarifications (in Italian)

15/04/2020 - Following to the suspension of the terms of the administrative procedures provided by the Cura-Italia Decree, the National Anticorruption Authority clarified the impact of this suspension on the public procurement field by means of a specific determination. The scope of the latter aims also at harmonising the tendering authorities’ application of the emergency measure in question.

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Decree “Cura Italia” and suspension of the procedural terms in relation to public tenders: considerations in the light of the latest note issued by The Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (in Italian)

30/03/2020 - The Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport recently issued a new note, clarifying the impacts that the suspension of the administrative terms provided by article 103 of "Cura Italia" Decree produce on the public tender procedures.

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Derogations from the public procurement rules in the COVID-19 emergency-period: new provisions introduced by the Decree “Cura Italia”

18/03/2020 - The spread of the COVID-19 emergency is justifying new derogations from the general principles provided by the public procurement regulations in order to speed up the supply of medical devices and public contracts. Indeed, considering the significant amount of decrees and orders recently enacted by the public authorities, the understanding of such derogations from the ordinary competitive procedures (as well the emergency measures related to the payment of the contractors) represents a key-point for the economic operators in order to entry in the public procurement market.

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Derogations from the public procurement rules in the COVID-19 emergency-period

12/03/2020 - The spread of the COVID-19 emergency is justifying different derogations from the general principles provided by the public procurement regulations in order to speed up the supply of medical devices. Indeed, considering the significant amount of decrees and orders recently enacted by the public authorities, the understanding of such derogations from the ordinary competitive procedures represents a key-point for the economic operators in order to entry in the public procurement market.

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