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“I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature… that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered.”

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British politician, philosopher & writer, Common Sense (1776) 

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“You cannot extend the mastery of the Government over the daily working life of a people without at the same time making it the master of people’s souls and thoughts.”

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US president, campaign speech (22 October 1928) 

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“My government’s number one priority is poverty reduction and we strongly believe that this can be achieved through an active and vibrant private sector.”

Bakili Muluzi (b. 1943) Malawian president, speech, South Africa Business Association (5 May 2000) 

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“The task of government policy is not to prejudge winners but to make sure that neither private nor public restraints narrow the potential sources of innovation.”

Anne K. Bingaman (b. 1943) US lawyer, speech, University of Kansas Law School (19 September 1996) 

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“And that, in my view, is what the whole controversy comes down to. Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labour, or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?”

Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) US former president & actor, Speaking My Mind (1990) 

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On 30^th April the UK Government published draft legislation that proposed to bring the Remedies Directive into effect in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This Directive will make significant changes to the remedies available to third parties when public procurement rules are breached. The main changes are:  

• If the contract was entered into in breach of public procurement rules, the aggrieved 3^rd party can go to court to get the contract declared ineffective. 

• If the court declares the contract ineffective it will apply from the date of declaration and will result in financial penalties. It is at the court’s discretion to not apply a penalty in exceptional cases with good reasons for maintaining the contract. 

• If an unsuccessful bidder challenges the decision of a public sector purchaser to award a contract to another bidder, they can go straight to court without first seeking a review from the purchaser. This automatically suspends the procurement process. 

• The standstill (’Alacatel’) period before the contract is signed remains at least ten days, unless the contract award decision is notified to bidders other than by fax or e-mail, in which case it is a minimum of 15 days.  

These changes are important because they increase the chances of non-compliance with public procurement rules. Although there are currently very few claims of rule breach that go to court, the new regulations could lead to an increase in court actions due to opportunistic claimants. 

This is likely to be an unpopular change for many suppliers. The Remedies Directive must be implemented into law by 20 December 2009 and currently will only apply to new contracts made after that date.  

Information courtesy of LG Legal 

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“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace… On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone… You have no sovereignty where we gather.”

John Perry Barlow (b. 1947) US academic, lyricist & writer, ‘A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace’ (8 February 1996) 

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“Despite efforts by government throughout the years to prevent concentration in industry, the regulators are bringing us to the point where only the largest companies can survive.”

Henry Ford (1919-87) US car manufacturer & CEO of Ford Motor Company, ‘The High Cost of Regulation’, Newsweek (20 March 1978) 

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“Governments are facing more and more competition… they are losing power to multinational businesses, commercial organisations, and big media, as well as to small businesses that operate worldwide over the Net.”

Esther Dyson (b. 1951) US knowledge entrepreneur & government advisor, speech ‘The Future of Truth – The End of the “Official Story”’ (February 1998) 

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“Willingness to accept direction from authorities makes guidance at successive stages of socio-economic and technological development possible.”

Erdener Kaynak (b. 1947) Turkish business educator & author, Global Business: Asia-Pacific Dimensions (1989) 

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