Legal tender
13 September 2012
The Wood Review exposed bias towards home-grown suppliers for public contracts in the European Union. Clare Hitchcock clarifies the challenge process and penalties for contracting authorities
European Union governments are still favouring national suppliers over foreign companies for public-sector contracts, said Alan Wood, chief executive of UK operations for Siemens, in a report late last year (see News, 2 December 2004).
His review considered how national...